Egypt Geography
What is Egypt protected by on the East and West?
What is a Desert?
Egyptians were polytheistic. What does that mean?
They had many deities or gods
What Irrigation achievements did the Egyptians make?
What are canals, dikes, damns
What is the name when there are a series of rulers from the same family?
What is a DYNASTY?
Who did Ancient Egypt trade with?
Egypt traded with Mesopotamia Mediterranean Sea, and Red Sea, Nubia
Who was at the top of the Egyptian Social Structure?
Pharaoh and Priests
What feature of the river protected Egypt from the lands below them?
The cataracts (river rapids) in the Nile River
What did the Egyptians believe in after death?
Only the pharaohs could enjoy the afterlife. The Pharaoh's soul resided in his body and had to be protected so it could complete its journey to the afterlife.
What metals did the Egyptians make and use?
Bronze, Copper, Iron
Who ruled Egypt and what did they believe he was
Pharaoh; they believed he was a God.
What did Ancient Egypt grow?
Egyptians grew barley, wheat, and flax
What shape does the social structure of Egypt make?
A triangle with the powerful people being very few at the top and the bottom being farmers and unskilled worker and making up most of the Egyptians.
What river is the longest river in the world and which direction does it flow?
the Nile and it flows North
What did Egyptians believe the Pharaoh was?
A god on Earth, Son of Ra
What architectural and land achievements did the Egyptians make?
Pyramids and columns, surveying of land
What pharaoh went against the patriarchal system and led a united Egypt for over 20 years while expanding trade?
Who is Hatshepsut?
What did Egyptians trade and trade for?
Egyptians traded the excess of what they grew (barley, wheat and flax) for timber and metal
Who was in the middle of the social structure of Egypt?
Merchants, Traders and artisans?
What was man made Egyptian feature is important to 75% of all shipping vessels?
What is the Suez Canal?
What was the name of the Egyptian god of the afterlife or underworld?
Who is Osiris?
What achievements did they make in language and paper?
hieroglyphics and papyrus.
How many years was it from the start of the New Kingdom to the End of the Old Kingdom?
17 years, 170 years or 1700 years?
1700 years
What did most Egyptians do for work?
Farmers
Who was at the bottom of the social structure of Egypt?
Farmers and unskilled workers
What is the name for the fan shaped region formed where the river joined the Mediterranean Sea?
What is a Delta?
What was the name of the Egyptian sun god who created the world?
Who is Re?
What medical advancements did Egyptians make?
Surgery & Embalming
Why was a unified and stable government important to the development of ancient Egypt?
The government oversaw the construction of irrigation ditches and dams and developed mans for storing grain and distributing food in times of famine. It also settled conflicts over land ownership.
What does it mean when we say Egyptians did not have social mobility?
This means that Egyptians could not move from farmers to scribes or merchants to Kings. They were stuck in the class structure they were born into.