Geography
The continent that Egypt is located in.
What is Africa?
The ancient Egyptians created ________ to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
What are mummies?
The name of the writing style that the ancient Egyptians used
What are hieroglyphics?
This pharaoh was the first female ruler. She was known for promoting trade and building the great temple at Dayr al-Bahri.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The person at the top of the social pyramid
Who is the pharaoh?
The civilization that lived to the south of ancient Egypt.
What is Kush?
These people were also considered to be gods.
Who are pharaohs?
The name of the art technique that the ancient Egyptians used
What is frontalism?
This pharaoh had the Great Pyramid at Giza built.
Who is Khufu?
The largest group who was at the bottom of the social pyramid
Who are the peasants?
Egypt was bordered on the north by the _______________ Sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The Egyptian gods were often depicted with the body of a human, and the head of an ________.
What is an animal?
In ancient Egyptian art, the head, neck, and lower body (hips, legs, and feet) are drawn from the ________.
What is the side?
This pharaoh was a strong military leader who built the temple at Abu Simbel.
Who is Ramses II?
"Craftspeople like carpenters, metalworkers, painters, sculptors, and stone carvers" who made up the fifth level of the social pyramid.
Who are the artisans?
When the Nile River flooded, it left behind a thin layer of _______ that was good for farming.
What is silt?
The goddess of medicine
Who is Sekhmet?
An oval shape that contains the name of a person written in hieroglyphics.
What is a cartouche?
This pharaoh was known for promoting Egyptian art and literature. He had the White Chapel built.
Who is Senusret I?
The "official writers and record keepers" of ancient Egypt who made up the fourth level of the social pyramid.
Who are scribes?
The Nile River was bordered to the west and east by the _______ Desert and the ______ Desert.
What are the Libyan Dessert and the Nubian Desert?
The god of wisdom and writing
Who is Thoth?
The discovery of this object helped Egyptologists decipher the meaning of hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The four items that Egypt received from Kush during trade
Who are the government officials?