Geography & Economics
The name for the "black land" or area of fertile soil surrounding the Nile River.
What is "kemet"?
The term for belief in one deity.
The writing system developed by the ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphs?
The term for a political structure in which one state dominates over another.
What is an empire?
The most common job in ancient Egypt.
What is a farmer?
The name for the "red land" or dry desert region in ancient Egypt.
What is "deshret"?
The term for the belief in many deities.
What is polytheism?
The symbol for life and resurrection.
What is the ankh?
The term for a government in which religious and political authority are seen as the same.
What is a theocracy?
The payment most workers would receive.
The main export that Egypt traded with other civilizations.
What is wheat/grain?
The judge of the dead in Egyptian mythology.
Who is Osiris?
The vizier and architect who was later worshipped as a deity.
Who is Imhotep?
The name for a literate record-keeper who studied hieroglyphs.
What is a scribe?
The name for the instructions for souls in the afterlife written by ancient Egyptians.
What is the Book of the Dead?
The plant used to build the earliest boats in ancient Egypt.
What is papyrus?
The goddess associated with protecting the home and depicted with the head of a cat.
Who is Bastet?
The first female pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The name for the king's most trusted advisor.
What is a vizier?
The deity who brought souls to the underworld.
Who is Anubis?
The unit of value used in ancient Egyptian economy before cash/coins was introduced.
What is the deben?
The deity who created writing according to Egyptian mythology.
Who is Thoth?
The religious ideal that shaped Egyptian artwork and architecture.
What is ma'at?
The pharaoh who reunited Egypt after a civil war.
Who is Mentuhotep II?
The name for the afterlife similar to everyday life in ancient Egypt.
What is the Field of Reeds?