The Nile Valley
Egypt's Old Kingdom
The Egyptian Empire
The Civilization of Kush
100
What is The name of the Egyptian writing system?
What is Hieroglyphics
100
What was the purpose of pyramids.
What is served as tombs for pharaohs
100
What is the name of the boy king who took the throne at the age of 10.
What is King Tut
100
What kingdom was formed when the more powerful Nubian villages took over the weaker ones
What is Kerma
200
Name 3 things hunters and gathers' used the Nile River for.
What is they bathed in it, drank from it, used it for farming, cooking, cleaning, provided fish, and supported plants and animals
200
To protect the pharaoh's body, the Egyptians developed a process called _______________________.
What is Embalming
200
Name a few rights Egyptian slaves possessed
What is own land, be granted freedom, and get married
200
Name 2 things the people from Kerma traded
What is cattle, gold, ivory, and slaves
300
Just like the Mesopotamian people Egyptians had to deal with flooding. Name a positive and negative from the Nile River flooding
What is Fertile soil, What is Destroyed towns
300
Which direction did the entrance of a pyramid always face?
What is north
300
Rather than military conquest, what was Hatshepsut interested in performing to advance the Egyptian kingdom.
What is trading
300
In the city of Meroë, the kings built Meroë to look like an __________________ city
What is an Egyptian City
400
Name at least 3 social classes in Egypt.
What is Pharaohs, Priests and nobles, Traders, Artisians, Shopkeepers, and scribes, Farmers and herders Unskilled Workers
400
Why did the Egyptians embalm the pharaoh's body?
What is to prepare it for the afterlife
400
During the Middle Kingdom the "Arts" blossomed, name one of the things that thrived during the Middle Kingdom
What is arts, literature, and architecture
400
What kind of weapons did the people of Kush use which increased their military power
What is iron weapons
500
The Nile River begins as what two rivers before coming together to form the Nile.
What is the Blue Nile and the White Nile
500
How did the Egyptians' religious beliefs compare to those of the Mesopotamians?
What is the Mesopotamians took a gloomy view of the afterlife; Egyptians took a hopeful view
500
This group of people used iron weapons and horse drawn chariots to defeat the Egyptians. How long did they rule Egypt
What is hyksos people; 120 years
500
What made the Kushites wealthy?
What is Trade and iron gave them superior weapons and better farming tools
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