Pharaohs and Leaders
This pharaoh focused on expanding trade instead of making war.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Egyptians built pyramids primarily for this purpose.
What is to bury their leaders with their belongings?
These structures symbolized the Egyptians' belief in the afterlife.
What are pyramids?
Egyptians depended on this river for farming and survival.
What is the Nile River?
This period of Egyptian history is known for the construction of most pyramids.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This pharaoh is remembered for changing Egypt’s religion to focus on one god, Aten.
Who is Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)?
This god was central to Akhenaten’s monotheistic beliefs.
Who is Aten?
This Egyptian invention shows their interest in recording information.
What are hieroglyphics?
Egyptians built these to control the Nile’s floods and water their crops.
What are irrigation systems?
This event marked the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt around 3100 BCE.
What is the reign of King Narmer (or Menes)?
This leader relied heavily on military power during his reign.
Who is Ramses the Great?
This practice prepared bodies for the afterlife and demonstrated advanced medical knowledge.
What is mummification?
This artifact, discovered in 1799, helped scholars decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The economy of Egypt was heavily reliant on this group of people who worked in fields and on pyramids.
Who are slaves?
This famous pharaoh signed a treaty with the Hittites to end prolonged conflict.
Who is Ramses II?
This pharaoh returned Egypt to polytheistic beliefs after Akhenaten’s death.
Who is Tutankhamun?
Egyptians developed a calendar for this specific purpose.
What is to monitor the flooding of the Nile River?
Egyptians were known for creating this detailed religious and ceremonial text for the dead.
What is the Book of the Dead?
Egyptians created this type of paper from reeds along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
This pharaoh’s reign marked a peak in Egyptian architectural achievements.
Who is Ramses the Great?
This pharaoh built many temples and statues, showcasing Egypt's wealth and power.
Who is Ramses the Great?
The Egyptian belief in many gods is known as this.
What is polytheism?
This ancient Egyptian structure is a lion with the head of a pharaoh.
What is the Great Sphinx?
This important material was mined in the area of Kush.
What is gold?
This development marked a significant shift in Egyptian religious practices under Akhenaten (type of religion).
What is monotheism?