Geography
Ancient Egypt was covered by desert and received little rainfall, so the ____ was the primary water source in the region.
Nile
The most important leader in ancient Egyptian religion was the ________, who was also the ruler in charge of the entire civilization.
Pharaoh
The Egyptians and Kushites were skilled architects who built several structures including _________________.
temples, tombs, and pyramids.
The ______ ruled over all of the cities in Egypt as one kingdom
pharaoh
_____ _______ increased the wealth of Egypt
Military conquest
The length of the Nile river is ____ miles
4,000 miles
The ancient Egyptians mostly practiced ________ throughout their history, but they had a different set of gods than the civilizations in Mesopotamia.
polytheism
The Egyptians later developed simpler writing systems that could be written more quickly on a paperlike material called _______
papyrus
Ancient Egypt was a______ since the pharaoh was a king or queen who had complete control of the government.
Monarchy
The flooding of the ____ ______ made it possible for the Egyptians to live in the desert because the floods left behind a strip of fertile soil along its banks.
Nile River
Egypt was originally divided into two regions called ___________ and __________
Upper egypt and Lower Egypt
The mummification process looked different based on the _____ and ______of the deceased person.
wealth and social status
The Egyptians created one of the first writing systems in the world called ______ which used symbols to communicate sounds, words, and ideas.
hieroglyphics
A king named Kashta took control of ________ in the 700s BCE.
Upper Egypt
A large labor force was needed to complete these huge building projects, such as building the _______.
pyramids
The Kushites, like the Egyptians, depended on the _____ of the Nile River to grow their crops, although Nubia received more rainfall than Egypt.
Floods
The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was a living ______ sent to Earth who communicated with the other gods on their behalf.
God
Historians could not translate hieroglyphics until the discovery of the __________ in 1799
Rosetta Stone
It is believed that a king named Menes or Narmer united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt to form one kingdom around ________ BCE.
3100
The Kushites moved their capital city to ____ after they lost control of Egypt to the Assyrians.
Meroe
Southern Egypt was referred to as the _____ half because the Nile River started there, while northern Egypt was known as the_____ half since the Nile ended there.
One ruler named _________ caused outrage when he changed Egypt’s official religion to exclusively worship a god called Aten.
Akhenaten
Kush developed its own writing system called ______
Meroitic script
The Old Kingdom ended because many regional governors turned against the ______
pharaohs
The _____ also made it possible for Egyptians to trade with nearby civilizations, such as those in Nubia or the Fertile Crescent.
Nile