Location
What is the name of the large river that runs through Egypt?
The Nile
Who has the most power in Egyptian government?
The pharaoh
What is polytheism?
The beleif in many gods
What is the name of the ancient Egyptian written language?
Heiroglyphics
Who is at the top of the social pyramid?
The pharaoh
Egypt is on what continent?
Africa
If a pharaoh dies, who typically takes over after him?
His eldest son
Why did the Egyptians make mummies?
They beleived in an afterlife
Why did the Egyptians invent makeup?
As sun protectant
Who is at the bottom of the social pyramid?
Farmers
Name one of the seas near Egypt
Mediterranean or Red seas
What is it called when one family group rules a country for a long period of time?
Dynasty
What were the pyramids used for?
Burial tombs
Name two Egyptain monuments
step pyramids, sphynx, great pyramid, temples, etc.
Which job allowed people to move from the bottom of the social pyramid to a more respected position?
Scribe
Explain the difference between upper and lower Egypt
Upper Egypt is higher elevation, and lower Egypt is lower elevation
Ancient Egypt has what style of government?
Theocracy
Who was the most important Egyptian god?
Ra the sun god
What is the name of the invention that helps to move water from the river with a pulley system?
Shaduf
Name two jobs that could be held by both women and men.
Scribe, preist, farmer, artisan, pharaoh sometimes
Red land is desert, and black land is fertile soil
What is the name of the second in command to the pharaoh?
Vizier
Which pharaoh changed the religion of Egypt from beleiving in many gods to beleiving in only one god
Amenhotep or Akenaten
What is papyrus?
The first form of paper
Explain why the social structure is shaped like a pyramid
There are less people in the classes at the top, and more in the classes at the bottom