Geography of Egypt
Egypt is on which continent?
What is Africa?
This is what dead kings were called in Ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
These are the two parts to an Egyptian's soul.
What are the ka and the ba?
These were the people that would have used hieroglyphics the most often.
Who are the scribes?
This king was known for uniting lower and upper Egypt.
Who was King Menes?
Which major river flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile River?
A type of government controlled by a king or group of nobles.
What is a bureaucracy?
This is the god of the dead, often shown mummifying a pharaoh in hieroglyphics.
Who is Anubis?
These are the people that most likely provided the labor to build the pyramids.
Who were the slaves or peasants?
Known for being a powerful ruler, she was the first woman to become ruler. This pharaoh ruled under the New Kingdom.
Who was Hatshepsut?
Which direction does the Nile flow?
What is from south to north
Horse-drawn vehicles used for war
What are chariots?
This sacred book is buried with the Egyptians in their tombs. It gives them instructions for how to make it to the Afterlife.
What is the book of the dead?
Most of the Egyptian people were part of this social class.
Who were the merchants or farmers?
This pharaoh is only known for having a perfectly intact (untouched) tomb.
Who was King Tut or Tutankhamen?
This is what is left behind after the Nile floods each year.
What are the Black Lands?
The person in charge of a government bureaucracy
What is a vizier?
This is where the Pharaoh Khufu is buried.
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza or The Valley of the Kings.
This social class was at the top of the hierarchy, under the Pharaoh
Who were the priests or the viziers?
This ruler was not popular with the Egyptian people because he forced them to worship only one god (Ra).
Who was Akhenaten?
The place where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea is called?
What is the Nile Delta?
A family of rulers of a country
What is a dynasty?
This is the type of salt that was used in the mummification process.
What is natron?
The order of social classes, usually shown in a pyramid form.
What is a heirarchy?
This pharaoh was the nephew of Hatshepsut. He was known as a warrior king. Under his rule, Egypt won many battles.
Who was Thutmose III