Geography
What continent will we find Egypt?
Africa
From their work with mummies, Egyptians learned much about _____________________.
anatomy
Ancient Egyptians developed a system of writing that used drawings and symbols called ______________ to represent words or sounds.
hieroglyphics
According to legend, the first pharaoh and the leader who united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt was _________________.
Menes or Narmer
What term means the buying and selling of goods?
commerce
The soil of the Nile River Valley is best characterized as what?
Fertile
Egyptians were able to share and preserve knowledge thanks to officials called______________ who knew how to write.
Scribes
The Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days that was called__________________.
a solar calendar
The system of offices and officials that the pharaohs relied on to handle the business of governments was called a __________________.
Bureaucracy
Was Nubia's culture the same as Egypt's culture?
Yes
The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as what?
The Red Land
What aspect of its culture did Nubia take from Egypt?
Gods and the use of pyramids
Egyptians invented a material very similar to paper. This was called______________________.
Papyrus
Name an effect for the following:
Nubia had less land to farm than Egypt.
They were motivated to trade.
The Nubians created one of the world's first alphabets called ______________.
Meroitic Script
What differences between the civilizations of Egypt and Nubia were the Nile cataracts responsible for?
Transportation
The "Book of the Dead" was a well-known piece of Egyptian literature that _____________________.
served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls.
What figure stands near the pyramids at Giza?
The Spinx
Trade between Nubia and Egypt created _______________ since each country depended on the other for goods it didn't have.
interdependence
What desert is located in Egypt?
the Sahara Desert
A narrow strip of fertile soil lines both banks of the Nile and covers its delta. What was this rich soil called?
The Black Land
Skilled artists created paintings on the interior wall of the pyramids and burial chambers depicting daily Egyptian life primarily to _____________________.
provide the person buried with servants and things they needed.
Who was mummified after they died?
Pharoahs
Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against the Hittites in the area that was then called Kadesh?
Ramses II
What river runs through Upper and Lower Egypt?
the Nile River