The Geography of the Nile
The Rulers of Egypt
The Kingdoms
Egyptian Religion
Ancient Egyptian Culture
100
A plain at the mouth of a river where it splits into several streams
What is a delta?
100
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
What is a dynasty?
100
This Kingdom is nicknamed the "Age of Empires"
What is the New Kingdom
100
What were pyramids used for in Ancient Egypt?
Tombs for the pharaohs
100
Name the groups of people in each level of the social pyramid.
Pharaoh Nobles, Govt Officials, Priests Artisans, Merchants Peasants
200
The Nile River's two main sources
What is the White Nile and the Blue Nile
200
He was the first pharaoh, and he united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
200
Where were the pharaohs buried in each of the three kingdoms?
Old Kingdom- The Pyramids Middle Kingdom- Hidden Tombs New Kingdom-Valley of the Kings
200
Were the Egyptians polytheistic or monotheistic? How do you know?
Polytheistic- belief in many gods
200
Name the three seasons the peasants lives revolved around
The Planting Season, the Flooding Season, The Harvest Season
300
What was the Red Land? Why was it so important to the success of the Egyptian civilization?
What is the desert? The desert protected Egypt and Nubia from foreign attacks.
300
The pharaohs had _____________ ___________, or complete control over someone or something.
What is absolute power?
300
Name three differences between the intermediate periods and the kingdoms.
Intermediate - weak rulers, famine, drought, war, invasion Kingdoms- strong rulers, wealth, trade flourished
300
Why was the mummification process so important?
Egyptians believed you needed to have a preserved body in order to go to the afterlife
300
What was the role of women in Egyptian society?
They had most of the rights that men had.
400
How did the Nile affect the lives of the early Egyptians and Nubians? Name at least 5 ways.
Egypt - bathing, drinking water, travel, trade, fertile soil, irrigation, fishing Nubia- the cataracts offered Nubia protection - became center of trade between Egypt and Africa
400
What is a regent? Give an example of a regent.
Someone who rules for a child until that child is old enough to rule. Hatshepsut was a regent for Thutmose III.
400
Name three pharaohs from the New Kingdom
King Tut, Akhenaten, Ramses, Hatshepsut
400
Who was the god of the dead?
Osiris
400
What is the name of the star the astronomers used to predict when the Nile River would flood?
Sirius, the Dog Star
500
What did the Egyptians call the black land?
What is Kemet?
500
This man found King Tut's tomb completely intact in 1922.
Who is Howard Carter?
500
Which civilization took control of Egypt at the end of the New Kingdom?
Who are the Greeks?
500
What four organs were put in the canopic jars?
Stomach, liver, intestines, lungs
500
What three written languages were found on the Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics, Egyptian demotic, Greek
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