Egypt Geography
Egypt Religion
Egypt Achievements
Egypt Politics
Egypt Society
100
True or False: The Nile River flooded every year.
What is True.
100
True or False. The ancient Egyptians believed in one god.
False
100
What is the writing system of Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
100
A young pharaoh, also known as King Tutankhamen, whose tomb was not disturbed, was better known as who?
Who is King Tut
100
These people in society provided all the food for their kingdoms
What are farmers.
200
What are the 3 rivers that flow this area?
Tigris, Euphrates, and the Nile
200
What is Polytheism?
What is the belief in many gods and goddesses
200
What plant was used to make paper?
Made from the papyrus plant
200
Who decided what was right and wrong?
The pharaoh
200
What is the primary agricultural export of Egypt today?
Cotton
300
What natural barriers provided protection from foreign invasion?
Any of the following: deserts, the Red Sea, or the Mediterranean Sea
300
How did Egyptians honor and prepare the dead? What did they do to the body and what did the bury with them?
Mummification, valuable items
300
This was developed with 365 days so that Egyptians could predict when the Nile River was going to flood.
What is the calendar
300
A ____________ is an exchange of one benefit for another.
Tradeoff
300
These people in society were in charge of trade and selling goods
Merchants
400
The location of Mesopotamia is commonly referred to as ___________________, due to its shape and fertile soil.
Fertile Crescent
400
What was the title of the chief judge, commander in chief, and chief religious figure in ancient Egypt? (all one person)
The Pharaoh
400
A large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
400
What was the "grand project" of Egyptian ruler, Ismail Pasha?
The Suez Canal
400
What is the current capital of Egypt?
Cairo
500
How did the Nile impact the ancient Egyptians? Provide two examples
The Nile provided food, water, and transportation. The Nile's floods also allowed them to grow crops.
500
Who was the Sun God?
Horus
500
Identify the image
The Great Pyramid (of Giza) recognized by size and the Sphinx
500
A theocracy means...
The spiritual and political leader is the same person (pharaoh).
500
A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
Artisan