GEOGRAPHY 0F THE NILE
RELIGION
EGYPTIAN CULTURE
VOCABULARY A-L
VOCABULARY M-Z
100
Wherewas the ancient Egyptian and Nubian regions located?
In northeastern Africa
100
In ancient Egypt, a very important religious practice was to prepare the dead for this?
The afterlife
100
True or False: Egyptian women had most of the rights that men had.
True
100
Define a strong rush of water
A cataract
100
What is the fertile soil deposited by flooding rivers called?
silt
200
What river flows south to north and provided ancient Egyptian and Nubian peoples with water, food, and fertile soil?
The Nile River
200
What is was the process of preserving a dead body called?
Mummification
200
TRUE OR FALSE: The Egyptian pharaohs ruled with absolute power over all the people of Africa.
False
200
What was a skilled worker called?
An artisan
200
Egyptians used reeds to make an early form of paper called ________
papyrus
300
How long is the Nile River?
About 4, 000 miles
300
In which kingdom were most of the pyramids were built, The old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom or the New Kingdom?
The Old Kingdom
300
In ancient Egypt, most of the people belonged to this social class.
Peasants (the lowest class)
300
What is a series of rulers from the same family called?
A dynasty
300
A powerful Egyptian ruler was called a(n) _________
pharaoh
400
What did the ancient Egyptians call their land and why?
Kemet, the black land because of the dark soil left by the Nile's floods.
400
When did the planning for a pharaoh's tomb begin?
After he was crowned
400
What tells us about everyday life of the an ancient Egyptians?
Tombs and temple paintings
400
What was the Egyptian form of writing that used picturelike symbols called?
Hieroglyphics
400
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.
regent
500
Explain why Nubians developed trade routes over lands.
Because of the cataracts.
500
What did Egyptians believe about the region on the west bank of the Nile?
They thought of the west as the land of the dead.
500
From top to bottom, list the four major classes of Egyptian citizens.
Top to Bottom: Pharaoah, upper class (nobles, priets, member of pharaoh's court); middle class (skilled workers, merchants); peasants (workers who farmed the land, built roads and temples)
500
Plain at the mouth of a river.
A DELTA
500
What was the building with four triangle-shaped sides called?
PYRAMID
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