Unit 5: Ancient Egypt Review

The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture-symbols for objects and ideas

The Egyptians are known for inventing the 365-day Calendar

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a

Hieroglyphics are the type of paper Egyptians used

What does the construction of the Great Pyramids best say about Egyptian Culture?

In what two ways are Mesopotamia and Egypt the same?

_____ is a reed plant used to make paper.

The Egyptians wrote the first book on ...

The importance of the afterlife to the Egyptians can be seen by ...

What is a bureaucrat?

What type of land bordered the Nile River in Egypt?

Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?

This is a fan-shaped area of marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

The consistent yearly flooding every made it hard for Egyptians to plan

In a(n) ____________________, the ruler is both a political and religious leader.

The middle class was made up of traders, artisans, and scribes

When rulers all come from one family

What is NOT part of mummification?

Through building the pyramids the Egyptians developed ...

What is a Theocracy?

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

Ancient Egypt was surrounded by Deserts which gave them protection

A delta is ...

The word __________ originally meant “great house”, then became the title of the king of Egypt.

The Nile was the "lifeblood of Egypt" because...

Knowledge learned from ____________________ helped Egyptians develop medical knowledge

In a(n) _____________, there is a line of rulers from one family from generation to generation.

While building the pyramids, the Egyptians developed ___________.

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was

Why did Egyptians believe in protecting a person’s body through embalming after death?

What was the effect of increased farming and trade?

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

Government officials appointed by the pharaoh, called _____________, carried out his orders.

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

The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books about advances in the field of

What is NOT a meaning of Pharaoh?