Geography and the Nile River
On which continent is Egypt located?
What is Africa?
What was the Egyptian name for the ruler?
What is a Pharaoh?
This Pharaoh was considered the "Boy King", only tomb found intact.
Tutankhamun (King Tut)
Who is at the top of social hierarchy in Ancient Egypt?
Who is The Pharaoh?
What paper-like writing material did Egyptians make from a river plant?
What is papyrus?
What major river flows through Egypt?
What is The Nile River?
What was the type of government used to rule ancient Egypt?
What is a Monarchy OR Theocracy?
This Pharaoh was the 1st Female Pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
What was the name of the adviser to the Pharaoh?
Who is The Vizier?
What was the ancient Egyptian writing system made of picture-like signs called?
What is Hieroglyphics (hieroglyphs)?
What were the names of the two main regions of ancient Egypt?
What are Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
Name all three major time periods of Ancient Egypt (ex: ____ Kingdom, etc)
What are Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom?
This pharaoh was the last to rule Egypt, had a love triangle with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
What was a scribe's main job?
What is Writing and keeping records for the government, temples, or businesses?
What could an Egyptian scribe use to write on papyrus?
What is a reed pen or brush and ink?
In what direction does the Nile River flow: north or south?
During which kingdom were pharaoh’s power at it’s greatest strength?
What is The New Kingdom?
This Pharaoh changed the religion of Ancient Egypt to monotheism for a short period of time.
Who is Akhenaten (or Amenhotep IV)?
What was the main job for peasants in Ancient Egypt?
What is Farming and Producing Food?
What two things made ink?
Into which sea does the Nile River empty?
What is The Mediterranean Sea?
Where we’re pharaohs buried after death?
What is In tombs, including pyramids in earlier eras and the Valley of the Kings later?
This Pharaoh ruled during Egypt’s “Golden Age”, ruled for 65 years.
Who is Ramesses II (Ramses the Great)?
What is a social hierarchy?
What famous artifact was found that had a single message with 3 different languages?
What is The Rosetta Stone?