GEOGRAPHY
The continent of Africa
Where is Egypt?
Pharaoh
Who is a ruler, priest, center of Egyptian life and god living on earth to rule?
A machine used to lift water from the Nile to the basins
What is a shadoof?
How Egyptians controlled the Nile
What was the result of building a system of basins and irrigation canals?
Egyptian farmers
Who worked in the fields, took care of cattle, and built monuments, dug ditches, repaired roads?
Where did most Egyptians live?
Embalming/mummification
What was the process to preserve bodies and wrap with linen so the soul could live after death and take care of Egypt?
Pyramids
What were designed as tombs to protect the pharaohs' bodies from floods, wild animals, and robbers?
Narmer/Menes, a king of Upper Egypt
Who conquered Lowery Egypt and married one of its princesses uniting the two kingdoms? (Known as Lord of U/L Egypt, Wearer of Both Crowns, Lord of Two Lands)
Egyptian artisans
Who built boats, wove linen, and made tools and pottery?
The southern part of the Nile and in the north delta
Where were the Upper and Lower Kingdoms located on Egypt?
Hapi, Re, and Osiris
Who were gods of the river, sun, and eternal life?
Hieroglyphic
What was a kind of writing of picture symbols that stood for words/sounds to keep records?
The word of a pharaoh
What is law?
White linen woven from the flax plant
What was used for clothing for men (typically a skirt and sometimes a vest) and women (straight, simple, ankle-length dress)?
Gave fertile soil to grow crops
Why did farmers build ditches and low walls to trap mud/water?
The Egyptian belief of what happened after death
What is when souls went to the underworld, were weighed on a scale, and Osiris granted life if the scale was balanced?
Papyrus
What was made from a reed into paper to write on, but could also be used for baskets, sandals, house columns, rafts, and riverboats?
Middle Kingdom
What was the new period where pharaohs had less power and Egyptians began to trade with countries beyond the Nile valley?
More than 3,000 years
How long did the most stable civilization in human history last for?
July
What month does the Nile flood?
Five
The Ancient Egyptians believed the soul was made of this many different parts
Math contributions
What was a number system based on ten, fractions and whole numbers, geometry to survey/measure land, and a calendar of three seasons?
The loss of power
What was the result of struggles between priests and pharaohs, costly wars, and lack of iron for weapons?
Warriors
Who fought off invaders, invaded neighboring lands to win new territory, and later might be the professional army to pharaohs to show power?