Ancient Egypt - 3.1 and 3.2 Review

The Nile River provided Egyptians with natural resources and defenses.

Which is a reason the Nile has been called “the lifeblood” of Egypt?

Why did the Egyptians embalm the bodies of their dead pharaohs?

Government officials called __________ were appointed by the pharaoh and carried out his orders.

The Nile River contains dangerous, fast moving waters called _________.

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the _________

Hieroglyphics are picture symbols that represent only ideas and objects.

Egyptians used papyrus, a wild plant, to make paper.

Cataracts made traveling by ship along the Nile easier.

The Egyptian pyramids were actually large ______.

In an Egyptian family, the _________ was the head of the household.

Traders, artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt’s ____________ class

Canopic jars were buried with the mummy and used to store vital organs.

Re was the god of ________

Osiris was the god of

Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?

Women could not own property, buy and sell items, and obtain divorces if they wanted to.

While building the pyramids, the Egyptians developed _________

Narmer, the king of __________, unified Egypt for the first time around 3100 BCE.

What invention resulted from the Egyptians studying the sky?

What helped Egyptian farmers grow crops during the dry season?

The Nile River's floods provided Egyptians with the ______ they needed to grow crops.

The Egyptians did not learn about the human body from embalming and mummifying the bodies.