What were they known for?
Egyptian Writing
Religion
Rise of Civilization
Fall of Civilization
100
What were the two main things the Egyptians were known for?
Pyramids and mummification
100
What were Hieroglyphics?
Sacred carving
100
True or False:
Egyptians were monotheistic
False
They were polytheistic
100
Before they came together, What was Egypt split up into?
Upper and Lower Egypt
100
True or False:
After Egypt experienced a civil war, they remained split into two regions.
True
200
What river did the Eqyptians use for agriculture?
The Nile River
200
What was the reason for hieroglyphics?
Showed Ideas and told stories
200
What is a pharaoh?
The rulers and gods
200
What did they use their mathematics for?
Building pyramids
200
True or False:
Egypt because overpopulated, and hard to control.
True
300
What dessert is Egypt located in?
The Sahara Desert
300
Name TWO things hieroglyphics were written on
Clay tablets
Papyrus reeds
300
True or False:
Mummification was for anybody who was good before their afterlife.
False
Mummification was only for royal and elite Egyptians
300
How off was their calendar?
About 6 hours
300
Why was Egypt always being taken over?
Grew too big
Didn't remain peaceful
Military is too small to keep control
400
What was their main ingredient for medicine?
Honey
400
Why is hieroglyphics important?
Helped grow Egypt
400
What was the point of filling the tombs with precious artifacts?
To help them in the afterlife
400
Where they lived, why was their agriculture so good?
Fertile Cresant
400
Name TRHEE groups of people who took over Egyptians.
Assyrians
Persians
Greeks
500
What is an Obelisk?
Funerary monument
500
How did hieroglyphics improve?
Turned more into an Alphabet
500
In what order from BOTTOM TO TOP does the Egyptian caste system go?
1. artisans
2. priests
3. scribes
4. pharaoh
5. peasants
6. Goverment officials
500
Name the FOUR things that advanced Egypt
Calendar
Surgery
Alphabet/scared writing
Mathematics
500
Name the THREE things that made Egypt fall
Loss of military power
Lack of natural resources
Political conflicts