Geography
This river floods every year from June to September and makes farming possible.
What is the Nile River
Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism.
Large stone tombs built for pharaohs.
What are pyramids.
This kingdom is known for pyramid building.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Egypt used this instead of money.
What is trade (barter)
This helped protect Egypt from invasion.
What is Western and Eastern Deserts, the Nile Delta, & first cataract.
This belief focused on life after death.
What is the afterlife.
The writing system of Ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphics?
This kingdom was a time of stability and strong government.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
These people grew most of the food.
Who are farmers
This area of Egypt had fertile land shaped like a triangle.
What is the Nile Delta.
This process preserved bodies for the afterlife.
What is mummification/embalming.
This plant was used to make paper.
What is papyrus.
This woman ruled as pharaoh during the New Kingdom.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Name one good Egypt traded for (what did they need?)
What are gold, ivory, or wood?
Why did most Egyptians live close to the Nile?
What is because it provided water, food, and transportation.
This god was the ruler of the afterlife.
Who is Osiris.
Why are Egyptian achievements still important today?
What is because they influenced architecture, writing, and engineering?
Why did people obey the pharaoh?
What is because they believed he or she was chosen by the gods and was a god on earth.
Why was trade important to Egypt?
What is because Egypt lacked some natural resources?
This direction did the Nile flow.
What is south to north.
This was a collection of prayers, spells, and instructions to reach the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead.
This is the number of days and months we use now, invented by the Egyptians.
365 days, 12 months.
Why did Egypt go through different kingdoms?
What is because of changes in leadership, invasions, and stability?
How did social class affect daily life in Egypt?
What is it determined jobs, power, and lifestyle?