Geography
Egypt was built around this long river.
What was the Nile?
Who was king Menes?
This was the Egyptians’ earliest form of writing that symbolized characters and sounds.
What was hieroglyphics?
This kingdom was also referred to as the Age of the Pyramids.
What was the Old Kingdom?
These great structures can still be visited in Giza.
What are the pyramids?
This was the body of water just north of Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This pharoah of the New Kingdom turned the world upside down by claiming there was only one true god.
Who was Akhenaton? (Or Amenhotep IV)
This simpler form of writing was used for legal documents and letters.
What was hieratics?
This kingdom is remembered for their developments in writing.
What was the Middle Kingdom?
The Egyptians left us this form of writing that is still popular today.
What is hieroglyphics?
King Menes established this city as Egypt’s capital.
What is Memphis?
He was one of the last great kings who fought the Hitties and the Syrians to keep control of Egypt.
Who was Ramses?
This oval-shaped nameplate indicated that one was from a royal family.
What is a cartouche?
It was during this kingdom that Akhenaton tried to convert Egyptians away from polytheism.
What was the New Kingdom?
The Greeks developed these in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which were considered some of the biggest and most notable in the world.
The Nile had six of these, which conveniently gave Egypt protection from invaders from the southern regions.
What are cataracts?
This usurper did not come from a royal background but believed he was a true king because of a prophecy he read.
Who was Amen-emhe?
Instead of writing on stone and clay tablets, the Egyptians developed this made from reeds that grew along the Nile.
What was papyrus?
What was the Old Kingdom?
The Egyptians gave us this concept of government administration.
What is bureacracy?
This served as the long-term capital of Egypt during the Middle and the New Kingdoms.
What was Thebes?
She ruled as king, however, she was often depicted as a man with a beard leading troops into battle.
Who was Hatshepsut?
In the Middle Kingdom, scribes started to use these by rubbing ink then making an impression at the bottom of a document.
What are seals?
This intermediate period experienced grave famine.
What was the First Intermediate Period?
In addition to metallurgy, the Egyptians fused sand and stones to make this, later used for amulets and beads.
What is glass?