Down on the Farm
The Egyptian economy was based off of this.
What is farming/agriculture?
The capital of the New Kingdom, located in Upper Egypt.
What is Thebes?
This pharaonic burial site, located near Thebes, is famous for being the resting place of King "Tut" (along with his golden sarcophagus) and many other pharaohs of the New Kingdom.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
This triangle shaped area of rich, marshy land located at the end of the Nile is named for its resemblance to a letter of the Greek alphabet.
What is the Nile Delta?
Job specialization, religion, writing, and government, and all hallmarks of what?
What is civilization?
The growth of Egyptian cities caused the development of this method that uses technology to water crops without rain and helped Egyptian cities grow even larger?
What is irrigation?
This is the northern region of Egypt that borders the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Lower Egypt?
Salt used for drying out the body for mummification.
What is natron?
"The Gift of the Nile" is another name for this country.
What is Egypt?
Specialist trained in writing; in the Egyptian context, a writer of hieroglyphics.
What is a scribe?
This reed plant from the Nile Delta was cultivated to make a paper called this.
What is papyrus?
The region of Upper Egypt is located in this cardinal direction.
What is south?
A flat-topped tomb, used before the pyramids.
What is mastaba?
The season when the Nile floods.
What is Inundation?
Female pharaoh, known for her building projects, and expansion of Egyptian trade and culture.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Irrigation technology, consists of a bucket on a pole.
What is shadouf?
This "colorful" sea marks Egypt's east coast.
What is the Red Sea?
The Pyramids of Giza were primarily made of these two materials.
What are granite and limestone?
Season where the Nile floodplains can be planted and farmed.
What is emergence?
These jars held the four vital organs (lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines.)
What are canopic jars?
The vast majority of Egypt's lands, helpful for protecting from invaders, but unusable for agriculture.
What is desert?
The capital of the Old Kingdom, located in Lower Egypt and named for Menes.
What is Memphis?
The Great Pyramid was built for this Pharaoh.
Who is Khufu/Cheops?
The Drought season in Egypt is known for these two events primarily.
What are the harvest and construction?
This black stone, discovered by Napoleon's army in 1779, helped researchers finally translate hieroglyphics thanks to its message written in them, alongside Demotic and Greek.
What is the Rosetta Stone?