How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?

They became successful farmers.

Grassy plains that stretch across Africa south of the Sahara.

A reed plant used to make paper.

A government where the same person is the political and religious leader.

A line of rulers from one family.

Why did ancient Egyptians depend on the Nile River for their survival?

Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.

What was the main reason the Middle Kingdom ended?

The Hyksos warriors from western Asia conquered Egypt.

Dangerous, rocky, fast moving water.

What was something the Egyptian priests did each day in the temple?

washed, clothed, and fed the statues of the gods.

A fan shaped area of fertile marshland at the mouth of a river.

What are hieroglyphics?

Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols.

How were burial practices of Kerma similar to those of Egypt?

Kerma's kings were buried in tombs with their personal belongings.

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1
How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?
They became successful farmers.
They created hieroglyphics.
They burned papyrus.
They defeated many other empires.
2
What is the savanna?
A government where the same person is the political and religious leader.
Grassy plains that stretch across Africa south of the Sahara.
The capital city of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
A ruler of ancient Egypt.
3
What is a pharaoh?
Grassy plains that stretch across Africa south of the Sahara desert.
A ruler of ancient Egypt.
A government where the same person is the political and religious leader.
The capital city of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
4
A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a
dynasty
scimitar
reign
delta
5
What is papyrus?
A line of rulers from one family.
A reed plant used to make paper.
An ancient horse who conquered Egypt.
Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols.
6
What is a theocracy?
A government where the same person is the political and religious leader.
The capital city of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
A ruler of ancient Egypt.
Grassy plains that stretch across Africa south of the Sahara desert.
7
Due to what was learned during mummification, ancient Egyptian civilization had a lot of knowledge about
how the human body worked.
astronomy.
irrigation.
mathematics.
8
What is a dynasty?
Dangerous, rocky fast moving water.
Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols.
A line of rulers from one family.
A reed plant used to make paper.
9
Why did ancient Egyptians depend on the Nile River for their survival?
It has dangerous cataracts.
Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming.
It is the widest river in the world.
It is the longest river in the world.
10
This group of people made up the Egyptian lower class
Unskilled workers and farmers
Priests and nobles
Artisans, shopkeepers, and scribes
Pharaohs
11
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a
cadaver
morgue
ghost
mummy
12
What was the main reason the Middle Kingdom ended?
The Hyksos warriors from western Asia conquered Egypt.
Trade decreased greatly.
A woman pharaoh, Hatshepsut, came into power.
Irrigation stopped working.
13
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a
ghost.
morgue.
cadaver.
mummy.
14
What is a cataract?
Dangerous, rocky, fast moving water.
A fan shaped area of fertile marshland at the mouth of a river.
A reed plant used to make paper.
Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols.
15
What group of people most likely built the pyramids?
Priests
Children
Slaves
Farmers
16
What was something the Egyptian priests did each day in the temple?
performed manual labor.
washed, clothed, and fed the statues of the gods.
preformed a special dance to the god Amun-Re.
collected tax payments of grain from farmers.
17
What is a delta?
A reed plant used to make paper.
A fan shaped area of fertile marshland at the mouth of a river.
A line of rulers from one family.
Dangerous, rocky, fast moving water.
18
What are hieroglyphics?
A fan shaped area of fertile marshland at the mouth of a river.
A reed plant used to make paper.
Dangerous, rocky fast moving water.
Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols.
19
How were burial practices of Kerma similar to those of Egypt?
When the king died, large parties were thrown throughout the kingdom.
Kerma's kings were taken on long boat rides to visit temples after death.
Right before they died, Kerma's kings gave away all their possessions.
Kerma's kings were buried in tombs with their personal belongings.

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