2. Label: Nile River Upper Egypt Lower Egypt Nile Delta Great Pyramids/Sphinx

3.  Nile flooded regularly – made it easier for growing foods and advancing civilizations.

4.  Family of rulers whose right to rule is passed down.  On the right:  Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms – 3 major periods of Egyptian History

5.  Egyptian Monarch  (What’s a monarch?)  Built pyramids for burial – Largest built under Khufu in 2540 BC.

9.  Egypt had a Theocracy/Bureaucracy

10.  Way to preserve the dead.  Mummies placed in sarcophagus – emphasis on afterlife

12.  Egyptian style of writing Egyptians = Hieroglyphs --- Sumerians = Cuneiform

13.  Female pharaoh that tried to look and act like a man.  Why would she do this?  Men believed to have more power in society

14.  Boy king who restored the old gods  Focus on religion

15.  Story of the gods  Osiris represents rebirth in society and life.  What geographic feature of Egypt may have contributed to this belief in rebirth?

16.  Economy = farming and trade  On what river was the Egyptian Civilization founded?  2 Rivers of Mesopotamia?  Intellectual – Accurate 365 day calendar using the moon and the star Sirius.