Geography
Religion
Achievements
Political Structure
Economics
Social Structure
100
What is the greenish area in the picture called?
Nile Delta
100
Ancient Egypt had this type of religion.
Polytheism
100
A bucket attached to a long pole that lifts water from the Nile and empties it into basins is called a what?
Shadoof
100
Pharaoh who died early in life and became famous for having a tomb discovered that was untouched.
King Tut.
100
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt conquered new territories. Egyptian armies gained control of Nubia to the south and expanded northeast into present-day Syria. What did the pharaoh demand from the peoples their armies had conquered?
Tribute
100
The largest group of in Egyptian society was made up of....
Farmers, herders, and unskilled workers.
200
Area to the west of Egypt that protected it from invasion.
Sahara Desert
200
The process to prepare the body for the afterlife is called....
mummification
200
The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system called what?
Hieroglyphics
200
Queen that made herself pharaoh that grew the kingdom by promoting trade rather than starting wars.
Queen Hatshepsut
200
Who did the Egyptians trade wheat, paper, gold, tin, copper, and tools to in exchange for purple dye, wood, and furniture?
Phoenicians
200
The middle class was made up of who?
Traders, artisans, shopkeepers, and scribes.
300
What protected Egypt in the South from invasion?
Cataracts
300
Name one of the two most crucial gods.
Re
or
Hapi
300
What was made from reeds that grew on the banks of the Nile?
Papyrus
300
A government in which the same person is both the political leader and the religious leader is called a....
Theocracy
300
The kings and wealthy people of which country admired Egyptian culture and would eventually conquer Egypt.
Kush
300
The upper class was made up of who?
Pharaohs, priests and nobles.
400
What did regular flooding leave behind that made the land fertile?
Silt
400
One of the most important writings of ancient Egypt was....
The Book of the Dead
400
They engineered an extensive system of what that helped with growing crops after a flood.
irrigation system-canals/basins
400
Government officials that are appointed by the pharaoh were called....
bureaucrats
400
Egypt grew a lot of what that would be traded all over the Mediterranean sea.
Wheat
400
Egyptian women held a legal status similar to men. What could they do?
Own property.
buy and sell goods.
obtain a divorce.
500
The Nile River empties into the.....
Mediterranean Sea
500
Where were the pharaohs buried?
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Pyramids
500
The most successful pharaoh who fought with the Hittites and had many temples built during his 66 year reign.
Ramses II
or Ramses the Great
500
An unusual pharaoh that believed Egypt's priests had grown too powerful and wealthy so he started a new religion. He introduced the worship of Aton, the sun god, as Egypt's ONLY god.
Amenhotep IV
500
The use of Iron weapons was learned from who?
The Assyrians.
500
Most farmers worked on land that was owned by who?
wealthy nobles