Geography
This is the longest river in the world that runs through Egypt and was the reason behind the start of its Ancient civilization.
What is the Nile River?
Egyptians were_____________ which means they believed in many gods.
What is polytheism?
These structures were built for the Pharaohs to be their tombs after they died.
What are pyramids?
The leaders of Egypt were called____________.
pharaohs
Who was at the top of the social pyramid?
The pharaoh
Egypt is a transcontinental country. What does that mean?
It is part of two continents.
When Egyptians died, their bodies were often _______________________ (a process to preserve the body).
What is mummified?
This was the Egyptian form of writing. It is made up of symbols instead of an alphabet.
What is hieroglyphics?
This is a family of rulers where the right to rule passes within the family).
What is a dynasty?
Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid?
Slaves
Egypt is part of what two continents?
Africa and Asia
The mummified body was placed in a tomb surrounded by items needed in the __________________ as well as personal possessions.
What is the afterlife?
During the Middle Kingdom, they built a ________________ to connect the Nile to the Red Sea which significantly increased trade between Egypt and East Africa and Arabia.
What is a canal?
These were the three kingdoms of ancient Egypt.
What are the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?
Name 3 jobs in Egypt
pharaohs, scribes, merchants, farmers, doctors, priests, artisans, laborers, slaves, soldiers
This is the largest desert in Africa that covers much of Egypt.
What is the Sahara desert?
This mummification process involved removing the internal organs, eliminating moisture from the body, wrapping the body in strips of linen, and placing the body in a coffin called a _____________________.
sarcophagus
As the ancient Egyptians recognized different patterns of the Nile and the sun. They invented the _______________________ in order to predict approximately when the Nile would rise and flood.
What is a calendar?
Name three rulers, or pharaohs, of ancient Egypt.
Menes, King Djoser, Khufu, King Khafre, King Pepi II, Queen Hatshepsut, Ahmose, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Ramses the Great, Nefertiti, King Tut
A/an___________ in ancient Egypt was a highly skilled craftsperson—like a stonemason, jeweler, painter, carpenter, or weaver.
What is an artisan?
This is a fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of the Nile River into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is a delta?
These were sacred vessels (containers) used in the ancient Egyptian mummification to store internal organs.
What are canopic jars?
This is a large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics.
What is Rosetta Stone?
________________was nicknamed the Boy King because he began his reign when he was only nine years old
King Tut (Tutankhamun)
A/an _________________ was a highly valued, educated professional who could read and write hieroglyphics. They served as record-keepers and administrators for the government, temples, merchants, and military.
What is a scribe?