This geographic feature brought life to Egypt and allowed it to thrive.
What is the Nile River?
100
King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in 1922, and taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs.
When was King Tutankhamen's tomb discovered?
100
Monuments and tombs to Egypt's pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
100
This person united Upper and Lower Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
100
The title used by rulers of Egypt. Pharaoh means "great house".
What is pharaoh? What does it mean?
200
A triangle-shaped area of land.
What is a delta?
200
This was central belief to Egyptian religion.
What is the afterlife?
200
Hieroglyphics are the Egyptian writing system.
What are hieroglyphics?
200
This symbolized the pharaoh's rule over both Upper and Lower Egypt.
What is the double crown?
200
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
300
The Nile River flows through these two important regions.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
300
Polytheism means belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
300
The Rosetta Stone helped scholars and historians learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphics by providing a Greek text that matched early Egyptian heiroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
Ramses the Great was known as a fierce warrior, a great builder, and a great ruler.
Who is Ramses the Great?
300
The people of Egypt would blame the pharoah.
Who did the Egyptian people blame if there crops failed?
400
These protected Egypt from invaders, but prevented sailing to trade on parts of the river.
What are cataracts and how did they both help and hurt Egypt?
400
Tombs are burial places that have art, jewelry, and treasure placed in them because Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.
What are tombs and what was found in them?
400
Paper made from reeds.
What is papyrus?
400
Hatshepsut was a woman pharoah who ruled Egypt by wearing man's clothing, wearing a fake beard. She was known for starting trade routes with other nations and building manuments.
Who is Hatshepsut? What is she known for?
400
The artisans or craftspeople would be below the pharaoh and the nobles, but above the farmers and slaves.
What class would be below the pharaoh and the nobles, but above the farmers and slaves?
500
1. Pharoah, 2. nobles and priests, 3. scribes and craftspeople, 4. farmers, servants and slaves
List the Egyptian heirarchy starting from the top.
500
The Egyptians did this to reflect the importance of the pharaoh.
Why did Egyptians build their pyramids to be grand and spectacular?
500
Ka is the Egyptian belief in the persons life force (spirit).
What is ka?
500
Ramses II was known for being a fierce warrior and a great builder of monuments
Which pharoah was known for being a fierce warrior and a great builder of monuments?
500
Mummification is special treatment of a dead body to preserve it.