Geography / Nile
This is the cardinal direction in which Upper and Lower Egypt are.
What is south for upper egypt and what is north for lower Egypt?
This is the idea that a pharaoh's authority comes from the gods.
This shape is used to represent the social hierarchy of ancient Egypt.
What is a pyramid?
This god was associated with the underworld and and judged the dead.
Who is Osiris?
This was the main kingdom of Nubia.
What is Kush?
This is the fertile soil left behind by annual floods in river valleys in the Middle East and North Africa.
What is silt?
This is the pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is King Narmer?
(Two parts) This class is closest to the gods on the hierarchy because they descend from this god.
What are pharaohs and who is Horus?
This god is in charge in guiding the dead to the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
Much of what we know about Nubia comes from Egyptian and Roman records. This idea shows how history can reflect the story of the most powerful group.
What is a dominant narrative?
What is a cataract?
This class on the social hierarchy is responsible for writing.
What is a scribe?
When people accepted their roles in society, it was believed to support and maintain this concept.
What is ma'at?
This god of deserts and chaos was punished to ride with the sun god Ra every night.
Who is Set/h?
This is about how many years later the pyramids of Nubia were constructed after the pyramids of Egypt.
What is 2,000 years?
(Two part answer) This main was the main way trade occurred between Mesopotamia and Egypt and it was to avoid this.
What is the sea and deserts?
This writing system has yet to be fully decoded.
What is the Nubian language?
This class on the Egyptian social class hierarchy had their own ranks and their power depended on their position in the group.
What is a soldier?
These are three things you must be innocent of when your heart is weighed against Ma’at’s feather.
What is
Making someone cry
Polluting the river
Eavesdropping?
Nubians were found to have this type of belief system, which sounds they were likely influenced by what region?
What is polytheism and what is Egypt?
(Two part answer) These are three main rivers that began river valley civilizations in the Middle East and North Africa AND the two main seas the connected them.
What are the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile Rivers and the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Pharaohs were often shown with these beings on temple carvings and ancient tablets.
What are the gods?
(Two parts) This being sits on top of the Egyptian gods family tree and has this daily role.
Who is Ra and what is bringing sunlight?
This object was placed on a mummy’s chest, and it helped the deceased from doing this in their journey.
What is a scarab, and what is confess?
(Two parts) This class was used to select pharaohs in this kingdom we studied.
What are priests and what is the Kingdom of Kush?