Lesson 5.1
This plant was used in making paper in ancient Egypt.
What is papyrus?
In this certain type of government, the ruler is both political and religious leader.
What is a Theocracy?
The Egyptians learn this skill from the Hyksos after they conquered Egypt.
What is driving chariots?
This is the official name of the large grassland south of the Sahara Desert.
What is the African savanna?
The Egyptians have always been known for their building of temples and tombs. This is how many MAIN pyramids still stand today on the Giza Plateau.
What is 3?
This is the reason why the Nile was referred to as the Lifeblood of Egypt.
What is that the river provided fertile soil good for farming?
Traders, artisans, and scribes made of this social class in ancient Egypt.
What is the Middle Class?
During pharaoh Thutmose III's reign, this practice became widespread in Egypt.
What is slavery?
This individual founded a dynasty that would rule both Egypt and Kush.
Who was Piye?
This is the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.
What is a dynasty?
The Egyptians studied this particular book to learn to obtain life after death.
What is the Book of the Dead?
This ruler avoided conquest and expanded Egypt's economy.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This is the reason why Napata was seen as a perfect location for trade.
What is where trade caravans would cross the Nile River?
This was the effect of increased farming and trade.
What is an organized government?
Ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books in this particular subject.
What is medicine?
This Egyptian ruler built many new temples during the New Kingdom.
Who is Ramses II?
What is Nubia?
This is how the Egyptians took advantage of the yearly flooding of the Nile.
What is irrigating their crops with the excess water?
These government officials were appointed by the Pharaoh and carried out his orders.
What are bureaucrats?
The Egyptians traded wheat, gold and tools to this country for their much desired wood.
Who were the Phoenicians?
This Nubian country gained power by conquering smaller towns and cities.
What was Kerma?