Geography
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located.
What is Africa?
What are gods?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing, finally translated with the help of the Rosetta Stone.
What are Hieroglyphics?
What was the title of an Ancient Egyptian ruler?
What is a pharaoh?
In order to improve diplomacy and get necessary goods, Egypt did this with the other civilizations in Africa and around the Mediterranean Sea.
What is traded?
The longest river in the world, around which ancient Egypt was located.
What is the Nile?
Egyptian gods or goddesses were often pictured with human bodies and the heads of _______
What are animals?
For nearly 4,000 years, this was the largest building in the world.
What is the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza?
This child ruler died at 19. He is now famous because his tomb was found intact and provided a lot of artifacts for archaeologists.
Who is Tutankhamun?
ivory, gold <--> grain
What are the items that Egypt wanted from Kush (ivory and gold) and Kush wanted from Egypt (grain)?
Rocky rapids that are impossible to travel over in a ship. These rapids separated Egypt from its neighbor to the south.
What are cataracts?
Who is Amon-Re?
Because they preserved their dead as mummies, Ancient Egyptians learned a lot about human anatomy. This led to the most advanced ________ knowledge of their time.
What is medical?
This ruler built the most monuments. He lived to be 90 years old and was beloved throughout Egypt.
Who is Ramses II?
Ancient Egyptian society put a large emphasis on beauty - especially in arts and architecture. Because of this, they traded for a lot of beautiful ______, such as precious stones and perfumes.
What are luxury goods?
After Egyptians destroyed Kush's original capital, Napata, Kushites moved their capital south to this city.
What is Meroe?
The Egyptians worshipped many gods. The term for that is _____.
What is polytheistic?
Kushites used this material to make many tools and weapons that advanced their society.
What is iron?
She was the first woman to become a ruler of Egypt. Her reign was peaceful and she expanded Egypt's wealth and power through trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This system allowed Ancient Egyptians to move water from the river to their fields and grow surplus grains.
What is irrigation?
In the New Kingdom, Egyptians built tombs for their rulers in this place.
What is The Valley of Kings?
Ancient Egyptians built tombs and preserved their dead because they believed in ______.
What is the afterlife?
Egyptians were the first society to develop paper-like material. This material was made of _____ and often stored in scrolls.
What is papyrus?
What are the 5 levels of Ancient Egypt's social pyramid?
What is the pharaoh, nobles/priests/officials, scribes, merchants/artisans, and farmers/servants/slaves?
Egypt and Kush depended on each other for survival. During troubled times, this resulted in one country conquering the other. But during peaceful times, this resulted in _______.
What is interdependence?