Vocab
What is a Pharaoh
Egyptian King/Queen
Was family important to Egyptian culture? Yes/no?
Yes, it influenced how the gods were arranged
Egypt's civil war started because _______ fought for control
nobles
Besides the river, Egypt main geographic feature includes
Deserts, Mediterranean Sea
What is a Delta
Where a river meets the sea, "River's mouth", fan-shaped region
In Egypt, Bureaucrats were in charge of building ______ & ________
irrigation & granaries
Because of civil war, the _____ were able to invade
the Hykkos
What is the most dangerous animal in Africa?
Hippo
What kind of religion did the Egyptians practice?
Polytheistic
Why did the body need to be protected in the Egyptian afterlife?
For the soul to safely make it to the afterlife
During the Middle Kingdom, Egyptians stopped building pyramids and started making tombs in an area called ______ of _______
Valley of Kings
What are the two different Nile Rivers called?
White and Blue Nile Rivers
What is a granary?
Used to store grain
The peak in Ancient Egypt's population was...
roughly 5 million
What did Hatshepsut have to do to prove herself?
dressed in male clothes
How much (percentage) of Egypt's land mass do Egyptians live on?
roughly 3-5%
What was the Egyptian afterlife like?
Body and soul are connected, the soul is judged, a good/bad place
Wealthy women in ancient Egypt could also serve as _____
priests
How do you spell the female pharaoh's name?
Hatshepsut
What was the purpose of living near the river? What benefits did it have? Negatives?
B: Water, irrigation, transportation, food,
N: Regular flooding, animals, access to invasion