Geography
The geographical feature that brought fertile soil to Egypt
Nile River
These are considered Egypt's greatest achievement
Pyramids
The name of the pharaoh whose tomb was discovered mostly untouched in 1922.
Tut/Tutankhamun
The name of Egypt's most important sun god
Ra
The people group on the bottom of Egypt's social pyramid
Slaves
What cardinal direction is Upper Egypt located
South
A statue that was built to guard important monuments like the pyramids and temples
Sphinx
Hatshepsut's most famous contribution to Egyptian history
Establishing trade routes and/or economic success
The process of preserving a dead body and wrapping it for burial is called
Mummification
The group of people in charge of all things related to mummification in ancient Egypt
Priests
What cardinal direction is Lower Egypt located
North
The Egyptian writing system
Hieroglyphics
Ramses the Great's biggest achievement in Egyptian history
Military conquest
Why the ancient Egyptians buried their loved ones with their most prized possessions
They thought they could take them with them in the afterlife
The person at the very top of Egypt's social pyramid, considered a god
Pharaoh
The name of the body of water that the Nile empties into
Mediterranean Sea
What ancient Egyptians wrote on
Papyrus
The pharaoh that Thutmose III tried to erase from Egyptian history
Hatshepsut
An ancient text with spells and passwords to help Egyptians navigate the afterlife
Book of the Dead
No one lived in this famous desert to the west of Egypt
Sahara Desert
The name of the body of water to the east of Egypt
Red Sea
The device used to pull water up from the Nile in Egypt's irrigation system
Shaduf
What nation was Ramses most famous for fighting against
Assyria
This happened to a person if their heart weighed more than a feather in the afterlife
They were eaten by a crocodile monster
Everyone in Egypt wanted to live in this very fertile land in the northern part of the country, where the river splits and meets the sea
Nile Delta