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100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
100

A female pharaoh who set Egypt up for future success under her stepson, Thutmose III.

Hatshepsut

100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100

A type of job in ancient Egypt that would create items to be traded (pottery, jewelry, woodworking, etc.)

Artisans

100
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
200
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
200
The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______________.
pharaoh
200
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?
mummification
200

Who were the writers/record keepers of Ancient Egypt?

scribes

200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
300

The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.

fertile

300

Pharaoh who had 200 wives and 100 children

Ramses II

300

The ancient Egyptians had at least ___________ gods and goddesses.

1500

300

Who else made up the upper class with the pharaoh?

Priests

300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400
What is a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?
desert, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea
400
______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.
dynasty
400

Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife. He/She had the head of a jackal.

Anubis

400

What do you call the class that included government officials and scribes?

Upper Middle Class

400
The Egyptians and the Sumerians both had a system of writing that used pictures or symbols. However, the Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on ________ and the Sumerians wrote Cuneiform on ____________.
paper/papyrus clay tablets
500

An area formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea

Delta

500

1. The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ____________.

bartering

500
When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?
the heart
500
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
500
The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _________. a. value of artwork b. agricultural diversity c. religion and the afterlife
c. religion and the afterlife