GEOGRAPHY
Huge stone tombs, with four triangle-shaped walls that met at a point on top
What are pyramids?
The period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory
What is the New Kingdom?
A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
What is papyrus?
A type of dark and heavy wood
What is ebony?
A triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
What is a delta?
The Egyptians believed in this, or a person's life force.
What is ka?
List the members in the upper class, the middle class and the lower class in ancient Egyptian society
Upper class: priest, nobles and government officials
Middle class: scribes, artisans, merchants, soldiers
Lower class: farmers, servants, and slaves
Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols to represent sounds.
What is hieroglyphics?
Items sent out to other regions
What are exports?
Two regions that made up ancient Egypt
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
The method that the Egyptians preserved bodies by turning them into mummies
What is enbalming?
As a great warrior and builder, he was considered the last great Egyptian pharaoh and is known for the massive monuments he built.
Who was Ramses the Great?
A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics and two other languages
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The Kushite leader who was driven by his religious passion and extended his kingdom to hte Nile Delta
What is Piankhi?
Strong rapids
What are cataracts?
The king who unified Lower and Upper Egypt
Who is Menes?
Rights that Egyptian women had.
They may have jobs ouside the home, such as priestesses or artisans. They could own property, make contracts, and divorce their husbands.
A tall, four-sided pillar with pointed top that is at the eentrance of Egyptian temples
What is an obelisk?
Similarities and differences between Egyptian and Kushite culture
People of Kush adopted Egyptian clothes, worshipped Egyptian gods, and built pyramids as well. But Kush had its own writtten language, Meroitic. They also had their own gods and built their houses with palm wood or bricks.
Four natural barriers that protected Egypt from invaders
What are deserts, the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and cataracts in the Nile?
The most famous king of the Old Kingdom
Who is Khufu?
The female ruler who dressed like a man and worked to increase Egyptian trade.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
The unique features of Egyptian paintings
People's heads and legs are seen from the side but their upper bodies and shoulders ar shown straight on; The size of people depends on their importance in the society.
List two causes of the rise of Kush and two causes of its fall.
Kush rose because of its iron industry and the expansion of trade. It declined because of loss of resources and trade rivals.