The Nile River
The Nile River flows north from its source in East Africa through desert lands into what body of water?
Mediterranean Sea
What was the largest social class in Ancient Egypt?
Peasants
What shielded Egypt from foreign attacks?
Deserts/hot sands
Reeds used by Ancient Egyptians to make an early form of paper.
Papyrus
The process of preserving a dead body in lifelike condition.
Mummification
Why did astronomers of Ancient Egypt study the stars?
To predict when the Nile River would flood.
Who was Howard Carter?
An archeologist that discovered King Tut's tomb.
What was the significance of the Rosetta Stone?
Helped to break the code of hieroglyphics.
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.
Dynasty
The title of the kings of Ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh
How was the Nile a "highway for trade"?
The Nile was used to transport goods.
What were the pyramids of Ancient Egypt?
Large stone structures that were the burial places for some pharaohs.
Why was religion such an important part of daily life in Ancient Egypt?
Egyptians believed the Gods and Goddesses controlled the workings of nature.
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or symbols.
Hieroglyph
Huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides; built for royal tombs.
Pyramid
What took place in late summer when the Nile River spilled over its banks?
The Nile River deposited a thick layer of silt.
Why was so much time and effort put into the mummification process?
To preserve the body so that it could be recognized in the After-life.
Why did Egyptians begin to use hieroglyphs?
They needed a way to keep records and keep track of the kingdoms growing wealth.
Fine soil found on river bottoms.
Silt
A plain at the mouth of a river.
Delta
Why did the Nile delta contain fertile farmland?
Flowing water deposited mineral-rich sediment along the Nile Delta.
1. Pharaoh
2. Upper Class
3. Middle Class
4. Peasants
5. Slaves
What two ways did the Egyptians use mathematics to benefit their civilization?
They measured stone to cut the correct size for building pyramids and used geometry to measure area to assess taxes.
Life after death.
Afterlife
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.
Regent