Geography and Society
Ancient Egyptians used the flooding of this river to bring nutrients to their crops.
What is the Nile River?
Famous female pharaoh who built the Deir el-Bahri and Valley of the Kings.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This 3-D shape is a strong indicator of Egyptian architecture.
What is a pyramid?
After Kush conquered and ruled Egypt in 745 B.C., this Mesopotamian power defeated the Kushites in 665 B.C. and forced them back to their homeland.
Who are the Assyrians?
This paper-like material was used by Ancient Egyptians and Kushites for writing.
What is papyrus?
The existence of these in Ancient Kush made it impossible to use water transportation.
What are cataracts?
Pharaoh who built the first of the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Who is Khufu?
This written language of symbols is etched into stone walls and columns.
What are hieroglyphics?
Similar to Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Kushites also constructed these geometric buildings but with a steeper angle.
What are pyramids?
This person in the bureaucracy of Ancient Egypt served as the top advisor to the pharaoh.
What is a vizier?
Ancient Egypt is divided into these three kingdom periods.
What are the old, middle, and new kingdoms?
Controversial pharaoh who attempted to change Egypt from a polytheistic society to a monotheistic society.
Who is Akhenaten?
These tall walls were often symmetrical and had a gate in the middle, statues in front of them, and flagpoles.
What are pylons?
Due to its location south of Egypt, the Ancient Kushites had better trading relations with these people.
Who are Africans?
This temple complex in the Ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes was the most important political and religious location in Ancient Egypt.
What is the Karnak Temple?
The Ancient Egyptians developed this type of calendar that used 365 days.
What is a solar calendar?
Young pharaoh who restored the priesthood after Akhenaten.
Who is Tutankhamen?
These tall monuments usually marked a special temple and had hieroglyphics describing historical moments or cultural values.
After Egypt destroyed the Kushite capital of Napata in 591 B.C. the Kushites moved their capital to this city that became an iron making center.
What is Meroe?
This term refers to two communities depending on each other for resources thorugh trade.
What is interdependence?
The Ancient Egyptians studied astronomy including looking for this specific star to predict the flooding of the Nile.
What is Sirius?
New Kingdom pharaoh who built many great monuments, signed a peace treaty with the Hittites, and is presumed to be the same pharaoh as in the Book of Exodus.
Who is Ramses II?
These two materials were often used in the constructions of Egyptian temples.
What are baked mud bricks and stone?
Although the Kushites used hieroglyphics for writing, they also used this alphabet for keeping records.
What is the Meroitic Script?
Ancient Egyptians were involved in learning about this topic about the different parts of the human body.
What is anatomy?