Ancient Egypt is located on what present day continent?
What is Africa?
100
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt.
What is a Pharaoh?
100
The Egyptians believed in a term now as a life after death. What is this term?
What is the afterlife?
100
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds?
What is Hieroglyphs or heiroglyphics?
200
What was the main source of water for the Egyptians and what made this source so unique when compared to others?
What is the Nile River?
What is the longest river in the world or flows north?
200
Egyptian kings ruled with this type of power.
What is absolute power?
200
Blank is referred to as the chief god of all of the ancient Egyptian gods.
Who is Amon-Re or Ra?
200
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; the plant used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
200
Why did the Egyptians called Nubia Ta Sety, the "land of the bow."?
What is a skilled archer?
300
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What is Flooding
300
This Egyptian king was discovered in 1922CE by Howard Carter
Who is King Tut
300
What is the perserved body of a dead person?
What is mummy?
300
An economic or cultural arrangement of groups in society.
What is social class or social class pyramid?
300
These are the three main cities of the Nubian empire.
What is Kerma, Napata, and Meroe?
400
A triangular plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water and is often used as farm land.
What is a delta?
400
Egyptian history is split into three different time periods. What are the names of each of these time periods?
What is the old, middle, and new kingdoms?
400
This "deity" had the head of a jackal and was in charge of funerals and death and prepared bodies for the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
400
This formed the largest group of people in Egyptian society.
Who are the Peasants?
400
What cultural aspect did the Nubians take from the Egyptians?
What is a pyramid?
500
Ancient merchants would travel south towards Nubia on boat in hopes of trading but would often have to stop and travel by foot because of what physical barrier?
What is cataract?
500
Ancient Egypt is classified as having what style of government?
What is an absolute monarchy or monarchy?
500
What was the usual tomb of a pharaoh and give an example?
What is a pyramid? Pyramids of Giza
500
How was Egyptian society organized?
What is a social class pyramid?
500
What brought an end to the Nubian empire?
What is desertification or climate change, or drying up of land/water?