1. Ancient Egypt
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2. Geography Culture Religion Treasured Artifacts 10 20 30 40 50
Government
Culture
Religion
Treasured Artifacts 10 20 30 40 50

3. Geography
A landform that is created at the mouth of a river and provides fertile soil.

4. Geography 1 – 10
delta

5. Geogrpahy
The reason the Nile River could be difficult to navigate.

6. Geography 1 – 20
Cataracts or rapids

7. Geography
The name of the region closest to the Nile Delta.

8. Geography 1 – 30
Lower Egypt

9. Geography
Name two geographical features that enabled Egypt to successfully trade with other kingdoms.

10. Geography 1 – 40
Nile River, Mediterranean Sea, Nile Delta, oasis

11. Geography
Use three adjectives that accurately describe the Nile River.

12. Geography 1 – 50
Life-giving, long, dangerous, essential, important, significant, transportation-highway,

13. Government
The name of the leader or person in charge in ancient Egypt.

14. Government 2 – 10
Pharaoh

15. Government
The name of the period of time each pharaoh ruled.

16. Government 2– 20
Dynasty

17. Government
Describe how pharaohs ruled.

18. Government 2 – 30
Absolute power, God-king, all powerful

19. Government
Describe three different roles of the pharaohs.

20. Government 2 – 40 Military leader Religious ceremonies/leader
Decided laws and taxes

21. Government
The name of the most powerful pharaoh who ruled during the New Kingdom.

22. Government – 50
Ramses the Great

23. Culture
The style of writing Egyptians invented is known as

24. Culture 3 – 10
Hieroglyphics

25. Culture 3 – 20
During the New Kingdom ________ increased because of the powerful rulers.

26. Culture
Trade, trade routes

27. Culture 3 – 30
Name three ancient Egyptian achievements.

28. Culture 3 – 30
Pyramids, calendar, hieroglyphs, mummification, art, temples,

29. Culture
Describe Egypt’s social pyramid from the top down.

30. Culture 3 – 40 Pharaoh Nobles, priests, government officials
Scribes, craftsmen, artisans
Peasants, servants, slaves

31. Culture
Describe three factors that contributed to Egypt’s success as a civilization.

32. Answer 3 – 50 Strong rulers – pharaohs Trade
Geography – Nile River, delta, desert
Social hierarchy
Architects, engineers, astronomers

33. Religion
Egyptians believed strongly in the ________.

34. Religion 4 – 10
afterlife

35. Religion
The type of religion Egyptian’s practiced is ___________________.

36. Religion 4 – 20
polytheism

37. Religion
A synonym for the pharaoh that included his religious power is ________.

38. Religion 4 – 30
God-King

39. Religion
Egyptians believed in ____or a person’s life force.

40. Religion 4 – 40 Ka

41. Religion
Describe the type of people who were mummified and the reason for doing so.

42. Religion 4 – 50 Elite, upper class, pharaohs
To ensure a prosperous afterlife, a safe journey

43. Treasured Artifacts
The name of the most famous Egyptian tomb ever discovered.

44. Treasured Artifacts 5 – 10
King Tut

45. Treasured Artifacts
The name of the archeologist who spent years looking for and finally discovered King Tut’s tomb.

46. Treasured Artifacts 5 – 20
Howard Carter

47. Treasured Artifacts
Describe why the Egyptian pyramids are an engineering marvel (great accomplishment).

48. Treasured Artifacts 5 – 30
They are aligned North, South, East and West
They took upwards of 20 years to make
They are massive structures that have survived 3,000 plus years

49. Treasured Artifacts
Describe the significance of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.

50. Treasured Artifacts 5 – 40
It contained room after room of artifacts – over 2000 objects!
King Tut’s mummified body was also found.
4 golden shrines, 3 coffins!
No one believed it existed!

51. Treasured Artifacts
How did the Rosetta Stone help historians?

52. Treasured Artifacts 5 – 50
Broke the code of Egyptian hieroglyphs and allowed us to understand Egyptian society.