Egyptian Achievements
This system of writing consisted of formal or "sacred" carvings meant to represent words or ideas.
Hieroglyphics
In order, the 3 kingdoms of Ancient Egypt are...
The Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom.
This geographic feature was the center of Egyptian civilization and divided Upper and Lower Egypt.
The Nile River
This collection of desert tombs became the final resting place of pharaohs starting in the New Kingdom.
The Valley of the Kings
Egyptian workmen quarried stone using chisels and hammers for these structures.
The pyramids
The Egyptians used these forms of math to build.
Algebra and geometry.
Most of the pyramids were constructed during this period.
The Old Kingdom
The Great Pyramids are located in this city.
Giza
This pharaoh commissioned the first pyramid.
Djoser
The Egyptian religion (for most of it's history) was...
Polytheistic
The Egyptians developed a 365 day calendar based around this yearly event.
The seasonal flooding of the Nile.
This group of foreigners were able to overthrow the Middle Kingdom using superior technology.
The Hyksos
These terms were applied to fertile soil and desert, respectively.
Black Lands and Red Lands.
During this period, the kings of Egypt were officially called pharaohs.
The New Kingdom
These members of Egyptian society were given the privilege to learn to write.
The scribes
This system of writing was developed for the completion of everyday documents on papyrus.
Hieratic script
During this period, the pharaoh Ahknaten briefly changed Egypt's state religion from polytheism to monotheism.
The New Kingdom
This geographic feature is the result of the Nile River meeting the Mediterranean.
The Nile Delta
This pharaoh took the throne alongside her stepson because he was too young to rule.
Queen Hatshepsut
The Ancient Egyptians used this term to describe the "spiritual body."
Ka
Ritualistic handling of the dead gave Egyptians a basic understanding of ____.
Anatomy
During this period, Egypt expanded south and dug the Canal of the Pharaohs to increase trade.
The Middle Kingdom
Ancient Egypt existed in between ____ in the south and ____ in the east.
Nubia and the Sinai Peninsula.
These were the 5 steps of the mummification process.
Remove the internal organs, eliminate all moisture from the body, wrap the body in linen, place the body in a sarcophagus, and place the body within a tomb.
These were the 5 tiers of the Egyptian social pyramid.
The Pharaoh, the nobility/priests/scribes, the craftsmen/merchants, the farmers, and the slaves.