True or False: The Nile River flooded every year.
What is True.
True or False. The ancient Egyptians believed in one god.
False
What is the writing system of Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
A young pharaoh, also known as King Tutankhamen, whose tomb was not disturbed, was better known as who?
Who is King Tut
These people in society provided all the food for their kingdoms
What are farmers.
What are the 3 rivers that flow this area?
Tigris, Euphrates, and the Nile
What is Polytheism?
What is the belief in many gods and goddesses
What plant was used to make paper?
Made from the papyrus plant
Who decided what was right and wrong?
The pharaoh
What is the primary agricultural export of Egypt today?
Cotton
What natural barriers provided protection from foreign invasion?
Any of the following: deserts, the Red Sea, or the Mediterranean Sea
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
This was developed with 365 days so that Egyptians could predict when the Nile River was going to flood.
What is the calendar
A ____________ is an exchange of one benefit for another.
Tradeoff
These people in society were in charge of trade and selling goods
Merchants
The location of Mesopotamia is commonly referred to as ___________________, due to its shape and fertile soil.
Fertile Crescent
What was the title of the chief judge, commander in chief, and chief religious figure in ancient Egypt? (all one person)
The Pharaoh
A large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
What was the "grand project" of Egyptian ruler, Ismail Pasha?
The Suez Canal
What is the current capital of Egypt?
Cairo
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.
Who was the Sun God?
Horus
Identify the image

The Great Pyramid (of Giza) recognized by size and the Sphinx
A theocracy means...
The spiritual and political leader is the same person (pharaoh).
A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
Artisan