Vocab
What is a delta?
dangerous, fast-moving waters that make traveling by ship on the Nile difficult
What are cataracts?
the pharaoh appointed these people to carry out his orders (such as the construction and repair of irrigation dams)
What are bureaucrats?
the number of years of disorder and violence between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom
What is more than 200 years?
Osiris and Isis were gods who ruled over...
What is the dead.
What is papyrus?
the floods along the Nile can be described as...
What are seasonal, consistent, and predictable?
early Egyptians believed their pharaoh was the son of this sun god
Who is Re?
the capital during the Middle Kingdom
What is Thebes?
Grassy plains in Africa
What are savannas?
a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
Why was the Nile called the "lifeblood" of Egypt?
What is its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.
pharaohs and other upper class Egyptians were made into these through the process of embalming
What are mummies?
Name two rights that Ancient Egyptian women had
What is to own property, buy and sell goods, and obtain a divorce.
What is the difference between hieroglyphics and how we write today?
government by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
this major desert is west of the Nile
What is the Sahara?
these were built to house the bodies of the pharaohs and their personal belonings
What are pyramids?
a female pharaoh who promoted trade instead of war
Who was Hatshepsut?
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
What is to honor their pharaohs, to protect the pharaoh's bodies, and to bury the belongings of the pharaohs with them, including their pets.
the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
What is embalming?
The Nile Delta is located in Northern Egypt, which is described as...
What is "Lower Egypt."
farmers and unskilled workers made up this social class
What is the lowest class?
Who was Amenhotep IV?
During the Middle Kingdom, Pharaohs no longer had pyramids built. Instead, they had their tombs cut into the limestone cliffs in an area called...
What is The Valley of the Kings?