| A | B |
|---|
| ancient paper | papyrus |
| pictograms (words written in pictures) | hieroglyphics |
| What was the Rosetta Stone? | a tablet that had three languages on it and helped translate hieroglyphics |
| Who discovered the Rosetta Stone? | Napoleon's Army (Napoleon was from France) |
| Who translated the hieroglyphics once the Rosetta Stone was found? | Jean Champollion |
| Egyptians believed in many gods, so they were _________. | polytheistic |
| Who was the sun god? | Amon Re |
| Who was the god of the afterlife? | Osiris |
| What was the Book of the Dead? | It contained curses and spells for the dead int eh afterlife |
| What was mummification? | the preservation of bodies for the afterlife |
| Egypt is known as the land of the _______. | pharaohs |
| Egypt is made up of the following parts: _____. | Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, and Nubia |
| The Nile flows in which direction? | North |
| The most important river in Egypt is the _________. | Nile |
| What borders Egypt to the North? | Mediterranean Sea |
| What borders Egypt to the East? | The Red Sea |
| What type of land surrounds Egypt? | deserts |
| The Gift of the Nile is also known as ____________. | Egypt |
| What allows the land around the Nile to be able to be farmed? | annual flooding |
| Who was the King of Upper Egypt? | Menes |
| Menes ____________Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. | unified |
| What does divine rule mean? | the gods determine who rules the kingdom (god on Earth) |
| What is a vizier? | chief minister under the pharaoh |
| Which famous vizier wrote the instruction manual for other viziers to follow? | Ptah-hotep |
| The Old Kingdom is referred to as the _________. | Pyramid Age |
| Pryamids were used as ________. | tombs |
| Why did the building of the pyramids | It drained the treasury (cost $$$$$) |
| Describe the Bronze Age | No wheel, no tools |
| Describe the Middle Kingdom of Egypt | Egypt was reunited by new pharaohs, Nubia was conquered, chariots were used |
| Describe the New Kingdom | First female pharaoh, chariots used to drive out the Hyksos, Akhenaton and Nefertiti |
| Who was Hatshepsut? | first female ruler known to history |
| Who was worshipped during the time of the New Kingdom? | Aton, the sun |
| Who ruled after Akhenaton and Nefertiti? | King Tut |
| King Tut | became a pharaoh at a young age, died mysteriously in his late teens |
| Who found the tomb of King Tut? | Howard Carter |
| When was King Tut's tomb discovered? | 1922 |
| What was the significance of King Tut's tomb? | It was found undisturbed...tells us a lot about Egyptian history |
| Egypt was at its largest under what ruler? | Ramses II |
| Give two facts about Ramses II | signed the world's first peace treaty, he put his name over other pharaohs' names on monuments (arrogant!) |
| As Egypt declined, who took over and how?? | Nubia, Assyrians used iron weapons and adopted Egyptian dress, language, names, and religion |
