Geography
What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?
The Nile River
What is the title of a god-like king in Egypt?
Pharaoh
What is the highest social class in ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
What is the title of someone who is in charge of record keeping?
Scribe
life after death
afterlife
What is the name of the Desert that the Nile River runs through?
The Sahara
9 years old
How did the Egyptians acquire slaves?
In battle, prisoners of war
What is the name of the writing system created by the Egyptians?
Hieroglyphics
What is the name of an Egyptian coffin?
A Sarcophagus
What is the process called that farmers used to bring water to their crops?
Irrigation (Or Shaduf)
How did finding King Tut's tomb help historians understand ancient Egypt?
The tomb was the first found with perfect condition funerary objects still in place
What class did people belong to if they were ONLY educated in their trade?
The Middle Class
What was the name of the paper-like material the ancient Egyptians wrote on?
Papyrus
What is it called when one believes in or worships more than one god?
Polytheistic
In what direction is lower Egypt located on a map? (North, South, East, or West)
North
What did Queen Hatshepsut focus on to help Egypt grow?
She focused on economic polices that emphasized foreign trade
What percentage of their crops were peasant farmers required to give to the Pharaoh in exchange for their land?
60%
Why did the people of ancient Egypt practice mummification?
To provide the spirit a body in the afterlife
A Theocracy
What is the area called of the river that fans out into the Mediterranean Sea?
The Nile Delta
Military conquests
How were social classes organized in Egypt
By job
A feather
What is the name of a large waterfall?
A Cataract