Geography
What is the name of the longest river in the world?
The Nile
Egyptian God of the Underworld
Osiris
Egypt's writing system.
Hieroglyphics
Government ruled by religious leaders.
Theocracy
Produced grain, papyrus, and cloth.
Egypt
Name a natural barrier that protects Egypt.
Mediterranean Sea, Cataracts, Eastern/Western Desert, Red Sea
A leader in Egypt is called a ?
Pharaoh
Paper-like material they used to write on.
Papyrus
Female ruler that increased Egypt's wealth.
Hatshepsut
Produced gold, ivory, and ebony wood.
Kush
What is the southern boundary between Nubia(Kush)?
cataract
This means harmony and balance. It includes good behavior to live a peaceful afterlife.
Ma'at
Burial sites for Pharaohs and their possessions. It is believed that these were made with limestone and granite.
Pyramids
Who united upper and lower Egypt?
Menes
High official/governor.
Vizier
What is the northern boundary for Egypt?
Nile Delta
The belief in many gods.
Polytheism
Statue of a mythical creature with the head of a king and the body of a lion.
Sphinx
Who was the Great Pyramid of Giza created for?
These people were better respected than previous civilizations. They could also own property.
women
Why was Kemet called the "black land?"
The fertile soil
The process of removing organs, drying out the body with salt, wrapping, and burying in a sarcophagus.
Mummification
This helped to decode hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
Boy King that was polytheistic and was buried in a tomb full of gold.
King Tut
The Egyptians used their wealth to fund?
Agriculture