Geography
What was the main source of water and transport in Ancient Egypt?
The Nile river
What is the name of the tombs of Pharaohs?
Pyramids
Who stood at the top of social class in Ancient Egypt?
The Pharaoh
What is the name of the language used in Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
What is the name of the kind of religion in Ancient Egypt?
Polytheism
What made Egypt a good farming civilization?
The fertile soil
What is the name of the stone pillars used in building in Ancient Egypt?
Obelisks
Yes they did.
What was a form of art in Ancient Egypt for both men AND women?
Jewlery
Who was the highest religious power in Ancient Egypt?
The Pharaoh
What was the main advantage to flooding near the Nile river?
Fertile soil
What material are the pyramids made of?
Limestone
What was the class for farmers in Ancient Egypt?
Lower class
What language helped translate hieroglyphics on rosetta stones?
Greek
What correlation did Pharaohs have with religion?
Pharaohs were believed to be gods.
What is the name of the water system that was used as protection for the capital of Kush, a civilization that conquered Egypt?
Cataracts
What structure was made out of a large rock in the middle of Egypt, which is seen as the guardian of the pyramids?
The great Sphinx
Where were Priests on the social hierarchy in Ancient Egypt?
Upper class
What determined size on Ancient Egyptian art?
Religious power
What was similar between most of Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt?
The importance of religion in political power.
What role did the Nile play in the building of the pyramids?
It helped with the travel of the large limestone blocks.
What is the name of the holding place of a Pharaoh inside of a pyramid tomb?
A Sarcophagus
What class were skilled craftsmen in?
The middle class
Egypt was one of the first civilizations to use this, and it was used for storing grain.
Pottery
It was believed that the Pharaoh would try to grant the people access to a good afterlife.