Geography
An area in which a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water.
What is a delta?
A figure who had complete authority over all religious, civil, and military matters
What is a pharaoh?
Who ruled the Old & Middle Kingdoms?
Who are Khufu, Hatshepsut, Ramses, Djoser, and Ahmose?
This technology helped archeologists find objects underground.
What are satellite cameras?
The Nile River flows from what to what? Think directions.
What is south to north?
A rock formation that creates churning rapids.
What is a cataract?
The Pharaoh controlled these two aspects of Egyptian life.
What is religion and government?
The Great Pyramids were built during this time.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Egyptians learned about this practice through mummification.
What is medicine/anatomy?
This God weighed a dead person's heart in order to see if they’d continue to the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
Ancient Egypt emerged here.
What is the Nile River Valley?
Who was the last Pharaoh?
Who is Cleopatra?
These people took control of Egypt in the Middle Kingdom.
Who were the Hyksos?
Egyptians used this as their first type of writing.
What are hieroglyphs?
The Egyptian social class was organized like a pyramid, called what?
What is a hierarchy?
This river connected Lower and Upper Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Who did the majority of the Pharaoh's day-to-day work?
Who are viziers?
This structure took over 20 years and 2.3 million two-and-a-half ton limestone and granite blocks to be constructed.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The Egyptians were gifted at studying the stars, sun, and planets, which is called what?
What is astronomy?
Howard Carter discovered the tomb of this Egyptian Pharaoh in 1922.
Who is King Tut?
These resources helped Egyptians become successful farmers.
What are predictable flood waters and fertile soil?
She is considered the greatest of the female pharaohs who was excellent in bartering and trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This Pharaoh’s rule lasted for 66 years and he expanded Egypt’s territory south into Nubia.
Who is Ramses II?
Egyptian artists had a unique style of art and painting called what?
What is frontalism?
In the generations following the death of Ramses, this Nubian kingdom asserted its independence.
What is Kush?