Egyptian Society
Geography
Miscellaneous
Culture and Beliefs
100

Name one of the groups at the top of Egyptian Social Classes

Priests, Government Officials, Pharaohs, Military Commanders

100

Lower Egypt is ___(N/S)____ of Upper Egypt

North

100

The Egyptian calendar was ____________ days long

365

100

Pictures used to represent words and ideas

Hieroglyphics

200

These were built as giant tombs for the Pharaohs

Pyramids

200

The area of land created by a river depositing sediments into the sea. 

A Delta

200
The internal organ the Egyptians believed was the most important 

Heart

200

Polytheistic is belief in 

Multiple Gods

300

"H" word for when something is passed down from one generation to the next

Hereditary

300

What Natural Features protected Egypt from foreign invasion 

Deserts on either side of the Nile River

300

What was a Shadoof used for? 

To water crops (Irrigation)

300

Egyptian and Mesopotamian Social Classes were different because in Egypt you could 

Move up/change classes

400

The job of a scribe in Ancient Egypt

To write

400

Where is the Old Kingdom mostly located

Lower Egypt

400

Akhenaten was disliked by many Egyptians because 

He forced them to be Monotheistic/He changed their religion

400

Egyptians buried their dead with things they used in their life because __________

They believed they would need them in the afterlife. 

500

How were women treated differently in Egyptian Society than in Mesopotamia?

In Egyptian society and women could hold powerful positions and had rights

500

The name of the grasslands in Nubia which provided Nubians grass to feed their livestock. 

Savanna

500

King Tut is one of the most famous pharaohs because

Archaeologists found his tomb mostly intact. 

500

The name of the Sun God 

Re or Ra