https://quizlet.com/_1ipjo9What river flows through Egypt?Nile River
In what direction does the Nile River Flow?North
What is the Northern part of Egypt called?Lower Egypt
What is the Southern part of Egypt called?Upper Egypt
What is the end of the Nile River trade, it is the shape of a triangle?Delta
What obstructions are in the Blue and What Nile Rivers that create rapids?Cataracts
What natural barrier is to the west of Egypt?Sahara Desert
What natural barrier is to the east of Egypt?Eastern Desert
What is the nick-name for the deserts surrounding Egypt?Red Land
What is the nick-name for the Fertile land near the Nile River?Black Land
What invention helped Egyptians move water to where they wanted it?Shadoof
What plant did Egyptians use in many ways especially for paper?Papyrus
What is the Egyptian writing called?Hieroglyphics
What person is considered the first pharaoh because he united Upper and Lower Egypt?Narmer
Where was Narmer from?Upper Egypt
In Egypt families ruled, what is this called?Dynasty
How many dynasties did Ancient Egypt have?31
What city did Narmer rule from?Memphis
Egypt's social classes looks like what shape?Triangle
What was the job of the largest group of people on Egypt?Farming
What are the "3-Kingdoms" in Ancient Egypt that we will study?Old, Middle, New Kingdoms
Where the Egyptians Monotheistic or Polytheistic?Polytheistic
Who was the god of the sun?RE
Who was the god of the Nile River?Hapi
Who was the favorite female goddess?Isis
Who was the god of the dead?Osiris
What was the most important book dealing with the Afterlife to Egyptians?Book of the Dead
What process prepared Pharaoh's bodies for the Afterlife?Mummification
What field of study did the Egyptians excel in because they Embalmed people?Medicine
Why were the Pyramids built?Tombs for the pharaohs
How lang was the Egyptian calendar?365 days
What is the largest pyramid in Egypt?Great Pyramid
Where is the Great Pyramid built?Giza
What pharaoh was the Great Pyramid built for?King Khufu
During the Middle Kingdom, what became the new capital city?Thebes
What area is to the south of Egypt?Nubia
During the Middle Kingdom, what were those that were conquered required to do?Pay Tribute
What group of people conquered the Middle Kingdom bring it to an end?Hyksos
What prince drove the Hyksos away starting the New Kingdom?Ahmose
Who became the first female pharaoh?Hatsheput
After Hatsheput died who became Pharaoh?Thutmose III
What became common during Thutmose III rule?Slavery
What did Hatsheput do to prove she was as good as any make Pharaoh?Wore men's clothes
Why do we know that Thutmose did not like Hatsheput?He destroyed many of her statues
About 1370 BCE Amenhotep IV became pharaoh, what did he focus on?Changing Religions
How old was King Tutankhamen, when he took the throne?10
Why is King Tut so famous?His tomb was found intact
Who is considered the last great Pharaoh?Ramses II
Why was Ramses II considered the last great Pharaoh?His successful building projects
In 67 BCE, what group finally took over Egypt bring the New Kingdom to a complete end?Assyrians
What region is below Egypt?Nubia, later called Kush
Where did the people of Nubia/ Kush come from?Savannas
What became the first Kingdom in Kush?Kerma
What group took over Kush in the 1400BCE?Egyptians
At the end of what Egyptian Kingdom, did the Nubians regain control?New Kingdom
What metal helped make the Kush Kingdom powerful?Iron
What Kushite King took over Egypt after the New Kingdom fell?Piye
What Group eventually took over the Kush Kingdom bring it to an end?Axum
In what direction does the Nile River Flow?North
What is the Northern part of Egypt called?Lower Egypt
What is the Southern part of Egypt called?Upper Egypt
What is the end of the Nile River trade, it is the shape of a triangle?Delta
What obstructions are in the Blue and What Nile Rivers that create rapids?Cataracts
What natural barrier is to the west of Egypt?Sahara Desert
What natural barrier is to the east of Egypt?Eastern Desert
What is the nick-name for the deserts surrounding Egypt?Red Land
What is the nick-name for the Fertile land near the Nile River?Black Land
What invention helped Egyptians move water to where they wanted it?Shadoof
What plant did Egyptians use in many ways especially for paper?Papyrus
What is the Egyptian writing called?Hieroglyphics
What person is considered the first pharaoh because he united Upper and Lower Egypt?Narmer
Where was Narmer from?Upper Egypt
In Egypt families ruled, what is this called?Dynasty
How many dynasties did Ancient Egypt have?31
What city did Narmer rule from?Memphis
Egypt's social classes looks like what shape?Triangle
What was the job of the largest group of people on Egypt?Farming
What are the "3-Kingdoms" in Ancient Egypt that we will study?Old, Middle, New Kingdoms
Where the Egyptians Monotheistic or Polytheistic?Polytheistic
Who was the god of the sun?RE
Who was the god of the Nile River?Hapi
Who was the favorite female goddess?Isis
Who was the god of the dead?Osiris
What was the most important book dealing with the Afterlife to Egyptians?Book of the Dead
What process prepared Pharaoh's bodies for the Afterlife?Mummification
What field of study did the Egyptians excel in because they Embalmed people?Medicine
Why were the Pyramids built?Tombs for the pharaohs
How lang was the Egyptian calendar?365 days
What is the largest pyramid in Egypt?Great Pyramid
Where is the Great Pyramid built?Giza
What pharaoh was the Great Pyramid built for?King Khufu
During the Middle Kingdom, what became the new capital city?Thebes
What area is to the south of Egypt?Nubia
During the Middle Kingdom, what were those that were conquered required to do?Pay Tribute
What group of people conquered the Middle Kingdom bring it to an end?Hyksos
What prince drove the Hyksos away starting the New Kingdom?Ahmose
Who became the first female pharaoh?Hatsheput
After Hatsheput died who became Pharaoh?Thutmose III
What became common during Thutmose III rule?Slavery
What did Hatsheput do to prove she was as good as any make Pharaoh?Wore men's clothes
Why do we know that Thutmose did not like Hatsheput?He destroyed many of her statues
About 1370 BCE Amenhotep IV became pharaoh, what did he focus on?Changing Religions
How old was King Tutankhamen, when he took the throne?10
Why is King Tut so famous?His tomb was found intact
Who is considered the last great Pharaoh?Ramses II
Why was Ramses II considered the last great Pharaoh?His successful building projects
In 67 BCE, what group finally took over Egypt bring the New Kingdom to a complete end?Assyrians
What region is below Egypt?Nubia, later called Kush
Where did the people of Nubia/ Kush come from?Savannas
What became the first Kingdom in Kush?Kerma
What group took over Kush in the 1400BCE?Egyptians
At the end of what Egyptian Kingdom, did the Nubians regain control?New Kingdom
What metal helped make the Kush Kingdom powerful?Iron
What Kushite King took over Egypt after the New Kingdom fell?Piye
What Group eventually took over the Kush Kingdom bring it to an end?Axum