Kingdoms
Geography
Pharaohs
Religion
Vocabulary
100
Old, Middle and New
What are the three periods of ancient Egypt?
100
Africa
On which continent is Egypt located?
100
Pharaoh whose tomb was found in early 1900's by Howard Carter?
Who was King Tut?
100
Ancient Egyptians belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
A tool that lifts water from the river
What is a shadoof?
200
Menes brought them together.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt?
200
Longest river in the world Flows from South to North
What is the Nile River?
200
The Wearer of Two Crowns
Who was Narmer?
200
If a person led a good life, they went to this place when they died.
What is the afterlife?
200
The design of these structures may have been modeled after the rays of the sun, a wheat cake or as an easy way for pharaohs to climb to the afterlife.
What are pyramids?
300
Pyramids were built during this period.
What is the Old Kingdom?
300
The Black Land and the Red Land
What did ancient Egyptians call the land along the Nile River and the desert?
300
Hatsepshut
Who ruled in place of her son and wore men's clothes?
300
Contained magic spells needed in death
What is the Book of the Dead?
300
The process used by ancient Egyptians of preparing a dead body for burial.
What is embalming?
400
Conquered Egypt at the end of the New Kingdom
Who are the Assyrians?
400
Good soil for farming water for drinking water for irrigation
How did the Nile River benefit ancient Egypt?
400
clothing, furniture, jewels, food, pets...
What items were placed in a pharaoh's tomb?
400
These two items were weighed against each other to determine if a dead person was worthy of an afterlife.
What are a heart and a feather?
400
These structures were used as tombs for high level government officials and people of wealth.
What is a mastaba?
500
These invaders ruled Egypt for a time during the Middle Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
500
Protective barriers that helped Egypt defend itself from invaders
What are the desert, mountains and Nile River?
500
Encouraged his people to become monotheistic.
Who is Amenhoptep (Akenaton)?
500
These gods of the sun and river were two of ancient Egypt's most important.
Who are Re and Hapi?
500
Land that forms over a long period of time at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
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