Geography
What is the river that flows through Egypt?
The Nile
Egyptian God of the sun?
Ra
The process of preparing a body for the afterlife?
Mummification
What was the Egyptian ruler called?
Pharoah
What were Egypt's 2 most popular trade goods?
Grain, papyrus
What group would have been responsible for creating most consumable goods such as clothing and pottery?
Craftsmen, Artisans
How tall is Mr. E
6'4"
What desert surrounds Egypt?
Sahara
Falcon-headed son of Ra, god of the sky, and divinely represented by the pharoah?
Horus
Days in the Egyptian calendar?
365
2nd in command only to the Pharoah?
Vizier
What were 2 ways the Egyptians transported their goods to market?
Land and sea
WHo was on the same level as the Visier, but technically right below them?
Nomarchs
What did Mr. E take find and take home from the baseball fields on Monday?
A cat
The Nile river flows what direction on it's way to the Mediterranean Sea?
North
The god of the underworld and mummification?
Anubis
Learning to control the Nile led to advancements in?
Irrigation
When a pharaoh died, how was the next pharaoh chosen?
Patrilineal succession (Father to son)
System of exchanging goods and services without money?
Barter system
Person in charge of an Egyptian state?
Nomarch
What is Mr. E's favorite season?
Baseball season
Area of shallow fast moving water with rapids and waterfalls along the Nile?
Cataract
Place where the gods dwelt on earth?
Temple
Reed used by Egyptians to make a paper like substance?
Papyrus
In the latter parts of the Egyptian empire, this group often had as much or more power than the Pharaoh?
Priests
What form of currency was most commonly in ancient Egypt?
Grain
What types of people were slaves in ancient Egypt?
Prisoners of war, foreigners.
Who is Mr. E's favorite student?
No one, I hate you all equally!
Area to the south of Egypt where the Nile river originates?
Ethiopian highlands
Godess of wisdom and magic, and the mother of Horus, wife of Osiris?
Isis
The pyramids illustrate Egyptian advancements in what 2 areas?
Mathematics and Architecture
Egypt was divided into states called Nomes, what was the governor of a Nome called?
Nomarch
A weight used to denote the value of goods?
Deben
Where did soldiers fit in on the social pyramid?
With scribes
Where did Mr. E and his wife meet?
Acceptable answers:
at the restaurant where she worked.
in college
in Kansas