Geography
The continent that Egypt is located in
What is Africa
Long 66 year reign... almost 90 years old when he died... had dozens of wives... dozens of children.
Who is Ramses II?
Fine, fertile soil
What is silt?
The belief in more than one god. The religion of the Egyptians.
What is polytheism?
The sacred shapes of the Egyptians
What are squares and triangles?
The fertile land around the Nile
What is the Black Land?
Built the Great Pyramid of Giza
Who is Khufu?
The Egyptians dug these irrigation systems just as the Mesopotamians did
What are canals?
Primarily built the pyramids
Who are farmers?
_____ days in the year, ___ hour days, ___ day weeks, and __ week months
What is 365 days in the year, 24 hour days, 10 day weeks, and 3 week months?
The hot, sandy land that surrounds Egypt
What is the Red Land?
Expanded trade and territory as the female Pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
A tool that was used to move water to the fields using a bucket on a stick with weight on the other end
What is a Shaduf?
Food, furniture, and jewelry
What are the things that Egyptians took with them in the afterlife?
Bodies facing forward, but heads and legs/feet facing right. Needed to show most of the body for religious purposes. 3 equal parts.
What is Frontalism?
The part of Egypt where the Nile fans out into a delta and then into the Mediterranean Sea
Led Egypt's army against the Hittites, expanded the empire, and saw major peace and stability during his reign
Who is Ramses II?
The precious metal that Egypt has an abundance of
What is Gold?
Who are scribes?
They knew ________ well because of the mummification process.
What is anatomy?
The thin part of Egypt where it was less populated, but people lived closer to the source of the Nile River
What is Upper Egypt?
The first to create a step pyramid
Who is Djoser?
What are wheat, barley, beans, onions, peas, leeks, grapes, dates, figs, watermelon, and flax?
Was blamed when things went wrong. The scapegoat.
Who is the pharaoh?
What are decimals, fractions, and geometry?