Pharaohs
Who was Ramses?
Longest river in the world and runs through Egypt.
What is the Nile?
Egyptian writing system.
What is hieroglyphics?
People that lived to the south of Egypt.
Who were the Kush?
Made up the largest group of people in Egypt.
Who were the farmers?
Most successful female pharaoh.
Who was Hatshepsut?
Triangular-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river.
What is a delta?
Egyptian Paper.
Used advanced weapons to conquer Lower Egypt for 200 years.
Who were the Hyksos?
People from rich and powerful families.
Who were the nobles?
Had the Great Pyramid in Giza built for himself.
Who is Khufu?
Strong rapids or waterfalls.
What are cataracts?
Tombs for the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.
What are Pyramids?
Current country located directly south of Egypt.
What is Sudan?
Special treated body wrapped in cloth that only the rich and powerful could afford.
What is a mummy?
Recognized as the first Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
Egypt is divided into this.
What is Upper and Lower?
Tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top.
What is an obelisk?
Leader of the Kush that conquered Egypt.
Who was Pianki?
The people felt he was both king and god.
Who was the pharaoh?
Discovery of his tomb taught us a lot about Egyptian burial practices.
Who is Tut?
More predictable than those of the Tigris and Euphrates?
Most import religious center in ancient Egypt.
What was the Temple of Karnak?
He called Egypt the Gift of the Nile.
Who was Herodotus?
Book that described the Egyptian belief of the after life.
What was the Book of the Dead?