Geography and Gods
The Nile River empties into it.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Information learned from this process helped Egyptians develop medical knowledge.
What is embalming?
This found by Howard Carter in 1922 and gave us hints of how the pharaohs were buried.
What is Tutankhamen’s tomb?
Bureaucrats were ________ _______ appointed by the pharaoh and carried out his orders.
What are government official?
He united upper and lower Egypt under one rule.
Who was Narmer?
Increased farming and trade has this effect.
The natural barrier that protected Egypt in the south.
What were cataracts?
To protect the body for the afterlife.
What is the purpose of embalming?
Egypt's Old Kingdom is famous for these
What are pyramids?
When a government is run by both a political and a religious leader, it is called this.
What is a theocracy?
This pharaoh brought peace and prosperity (wealth/success) to Egypt.
Who was Hatshepsut?
As a result of being conquered by the Egyptians, the Nubians did this.
What is accepted many Egyptian beliefs and customs?
Lower Egypt is located in this part of Egypt.
western part
northern part
southern part
eastern part
What is the northern part?
This is a name plate. It's usually oval with a name written in the middle of it.
What is a Cartouche?
The Rosetta Stone was found by Napoleon’s army and enabled us to finally decode hieroglyphics. There were this many languages on it.
What is three (3)?
A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is delta?
This pharaoh ruled Egypt for over 60 years.
Who was Ramses II?
The Egyptian civilization was able to develop peacefully because of this geographic feature.
What was it was isolated?
The Egyptian Sun God
Who was Re?
To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied this book.
What is the Book of the Dead?
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh?
Who was King Khufu?
A reed used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
Which Pharaoh tried to change Egypt's religion from polytheistic to monotheistic?
Akhenaton
During the middle kingdom, Egypt conquered new territories, the pharaohs made improvements, and _______.
What is the arts flourished (grew)?
The Egyptian River God
Who was Hapi?
"King Tut" one of the most famous pharaohs in spite of the fact that he played such a small role in the history of Egypt for this reason. (that hasn't been mentioned)
What is his tomb was found untouched?
Pyramids were build to house (hold) these items.
What is the pharaoh's body and all of his possessions?
What we call a line of rulers in the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Pharaoh who tried to start a new religion based on one God, Aton.
Who was Amenhotep IV?
Reasons the Nile has been called "the lifeblood" of Egypt.
What is it provides water for drinking, bathing, and growing crops?
This god was considered the mother of all gods and nature.
Who was Isis?
"King Tut" one of the most famous pharaohs in spite of the fact that he played such a small role in the history of Egypt for this reason. (that hasn't been mentioned)
What is he was a boy king?
The name for the Egyptian writing system.
What are Hieroglyphics?
Dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water
What are cataracts?
"King Tut" one of the most famous pharaohs in spite of the fact that he played such a small role in the history of Egypt for this reason. (that hasn't been mentioned)
What is his tomb showed Egypt’s riches and gave archaeologists a lot of information about Ancient Egypt.
They make up Egypt's middle class.
Who are traders, artisans, and scribes?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?