Location
The major river located in Egypt that was important to sustain the civilizations located there
What is the Nile River?
The ruler of Egypt
What is a pharoah?
The major religion that existed for the majority of the time in Ancient Egypt
What is polytheism?
Egypt's largest social class
What is a peasant farmer?
Inundation, Emergence, and Harvest refers to this in Ancient Egypt
What are Egypts seasons?
The region of Egypt where major cities developed
What is Lower Egypt?
When one family rules for a period of time
What is a dynasty?
The gods represented something from this such as the sun, storm or a river
What is nature?
The social class that is directly beneath the Pharaoh
What is government officials?
This person discovered King Tut's tomb
Who is Howard Carter?
The terrain/landforms that Upper Egypt is located in
What is the mountains?
The time period in which the pyramids were built
What is Old Kingdom?
The most important god to the Egyptians
What is Ra - the sun god?
The name of the Ancient Egyptians writing
What is hieroglyphics?
During this period in Ancient Egypt, powerful armies were formed and it was a time of great expansion
What is the New Kingdom?
The direction that the Nile River flows
What is North?
The number of dynasties that ruled over 3,000 years
What is 31?
The Egyptians mummified their people when they died because of this belief they held
What is the afterlife?
The number of symbols in Egyptian writing
What is over 700?
One of these is not an invention of the Egyptians - papyrus paper, mummification, iron weapons, shaduf
What is iron weapons?
The cardinal direction that describes where Upper Egypt is located
What is South?
The name of Ancient Egypt's type of government
What is a theocracy?
King Tut's father changed Egyptians religion to this during his reign
What is monotheism?
These people make up the third level from the top of the social structure pyramid
What are priests?
The three languages carved into the Rosetta Stone
What is Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek?