Lesson 11: Geography of Ancient Egypt
A reed plant grown near the Nile River that Ancient Egyptians used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
Symbols used in the written language of ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
An oval with a line at one end that has hieroglyphics on it to represent the name of a king or queen.
What is a cartouche?
Members of the same family who rule as king or queen.
What is a dynasty?
A characteristic of the city of Meroe in the Kush kingdom.
What was meroitic?
Provided a geographic barrier as a defense for ancient Egypt.
What is the Sahara Desert?
We use them today when texting friends. They can be considered a type of hieroglyphics.
What are emojis?
Having more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
A period of time that a king or queen rules.
What is reign?
Traded their natural resources and goods with other civilizations.
What was how the Kushites became wealthy?
Flows from south to north.
What is the Nile River?
A tablet that had three languages written on it.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
A stone coffin with carvings on it.
What is a sarcophagus?
A governor of a region of ancient Egypt.
What is a nomarch?
Believed in multiple gods, became wealthy from trading, and built temples and pyramids.
What is how the Egyptians and Kushites were similar?
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Libya
What are countries that border Egypt?
It helped historians learn about ancient Egypt and translate hieroglyphics.
What is why the Rosetta Stone was important?
Good luck and protection.
What is what did a cartouche eventually become a symbol for?
Recorders of government and religious information.
What were scribes?
Shown in art as having darker skin and wearing large earrings and rode directly on horses, while others used chariots.
What is how the Egyptians and Kushites were different?
The Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
What two bodies of water border Egypt?
They recorded historical events.
What is how did the ancient Egyptians use hieroglyphics?
Was widely practiced throughout ancient Egypt because it preserved the boy for a long period of time, so the soul could find its way back to its body.
What is mummification.
Moved the capital of Egypt.
Who was Rameses II?
On the Nile River.
What is where the Egyptian and Kushite civilizations were located?