Pyramids
Tombs for pharaohs, show power and wealth
Egyptians believe that after death a person travels in a boat to the _________
Hall of Judgment
During what time period were the Israelites captured (and released)?
New Kingdom
Nile
Where was the ancient land of Kush? (NSEW of Egypt)
South of Egypt
What time period is known as the Age of the Pyramids?
Old Kingdom
Who was the Egyptian god of the underworld?
Osiris
What was a major theme of Egyptian music?
The Nile River
What does the Nile do every year?
Flood
What culture did Kush adopt?
Egyptian
What pharaoh's tomb did Howard Carter discover?
King Tut
What was the pharaoh's job every morning?
Wake up and dress Horus
What group was at the bottom of the Egyptian social pyramid?
Farmers, slaves, merchants, servants
Name the two natural defenses that Egypt has
Cataracts & the Sahara Desert
List three of Kush's natural resources
Ebony, ivory, gold, copper, iron ore
Why do we have so many Egyptian artifacts?
Dry climate preserved them, locked inside of pyramids, buried with their belongings
What were the dead buried with?
All of their belongings, their slaves, and the Book of the Dead
A person's status in the social pyramid was based on this
Wealth and/or education
What are the names of the seas on either side of Egypt?
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
What happened to Kush's economy in the end of their civilization?
What is the name of the plate that is outside of pyramids to identify who is inside?
Cartouche
What was thought to protect a dead person in the afterlife and their heart?
An amulet
Who translated the Rosetta Stone?
Nile Delta
What nation conquered Kush in AD 330?
Aksum