Geography
Politics/Economics
Religon
Social Classes
Inventions/Arts
100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile Rivers ?

Desert

100

___________ was the Egyptian style of government in which government and religion are combined. The Pharoah was thought to be divine.

Theocracy 

100

The Ancient Egyptians followed a ________ religion. They believed in many gods.

polytheistic 

100

The adviser to the pharoah near the top of the social pyramid was called the _______.

The Vizier

100

Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called __________.

Irrigation

200

The Nile flows ______ to ______ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

South to North

200

The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______.

Pharoah

200

The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?

Mummification

200

Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?

Scribe

200

Large stone ________ were built as tombs for the pharoah.

pyramids

300

The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land ________.

Rich and Fertile

300

In Ancient Egypt, the job you had as an adult was assigned to you at ______. 

birth

300

What is the term that means "belief in one god?"

Monotheistic 

300

A peasant is another word for an Egyptian __________.

farmer

300

______________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.

Hieroglypics

400

What is a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?

Desert, Mediterranean Sea, and Red Sea

400

________ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.

Dynasty

400

If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job what would happen to the mummy's soul in their afterlife?

It would not recognize and reunite with its body 

400

Which group of people on the social pyramid are chosen by the pharoah to govern the nomes (states) of Egypt ?

Nobles

400

The Egyptians and the Sumerians both had a system of writing that used pictures or symbols. However, the Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on __________ and the Sumerians wrote Cuneiform on _________________.

paper/papyrus , clay tablets

500

How were the early Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled ?

Near fresh water and Fertile soil

500

1. The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ________. 2. Who did the Egyptians trade with? 3. How did they trade with them? 

1. bartering 2. civilizations along the Red and Mediterranean Seas 3. by boat

500

When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?

The heart

500

Which social class did not have any rights?

Slaves

500

The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _____________________.a. value of artwork b. agricultural diversity c. religion and the afterlife

c. religion and the afterlife