Lesson 1
ruler of ancient Egypt
What is a pharoh?
a government by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
This Pharaoh returned egypt to a polytheistic Empire rather than a monotheistic, while only serving for 9 years he is one of Egypts most famous pharaohs.
Who is King Tut?
This Kingdom was conquered by Egypt, they learned how to make iron from Egypt, then overthrew Egypt.
What is the Kush Kingdom? Or the Kushite Kingdom?
The year that included the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
What is 2025
This River had the most predictable floods out of the Rivers in Mesopotamia and Egypt
What is the Nile River?
These people were just under the Pharaoh in social status of Ancient Egypt.
Who are priests and nobles?
This pharaoh was known for building magnificent temples, promoting trade, restoring monuments, and cared more about everyday Egyptians than the upper class.
Who was Hatshepsut?
woven cloth
What are textiles?
This conflict/war is currently on pause with a delicate or fragile ceasefire in place.
What is Israel/Palestine?
This geological feature surrounded Egypt on both sides of the Nile and protected Egypt from outsiders.
What is a desert?
These were great tombs built for pharaohs. One of which was the tallest building in the world for thousands of years.
What are the pyramids?
a government representative to another country.
What is an envoy?
A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region.
What is a savanna?
This team has the best record in the NFL.
What is the Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, and the New England Patriots?
a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile, Egyptians used this plant to make paper.
What is papyrus
the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying. Most pharaohs had this done when they died because they believed you needed your body in order to enter the afterlife.
What is embalming?
These outsiders invaded Egypt and took control of the land. Their powerful armies had technology unknown to the Egyptians such as, horse drawn chariots, and bronze weapons. They ruled for over 100 years before being chased out of Egypt.
Who are the Hyksos?
This is the Egyptian Kingdom (New, Middle, Old) that the Kushites broke away from.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This is where the biggest museum in the world is. Recently opened.
Where is Giza, Egypt?
This King united Egypt for the first time?
Who is King Narmer?
This was the most important god for Ancient Egypt, God of the sun.
Who is Re (RAH)?
Egyptians traded these 4 goods to the Phoenicians.
What is wheat, paper, gold, copper, tin, and/or tools.
These people would go on to create the Kush Empire
Who are the Nubians?
The U.S. has moved the biggest warship in the world outside of this country.
What is Venezuela?