Ancient Egypt Review

Although highly skilled, artisans had

Highly skilled carpenters, metalworkers, painters, sculptors and stone carvers

Papyrus was used to make

Ancient Egyptians grew all but this crop

Ancient Egyptians wove this into baskets and roofs for their huts.

What does fertile mean?

People at the bottom of the social pyramid had a lower status but had

What type of water made up the Nile?

The Delta of the Nile empties into what sea?

Allowed farmers to grow crops further away from the Nile

depressions that could hold large amounts of water

Wealthy families owned

All Egyptians cherished

Very fine particles of rock, nutrient rich for farming

Below the pharaoh on the social pyramid were

When the waters of the NIle flooded the fields, they left behind

Supreme Ruler of Egypt

Ancient Egyptian women enjoyed more freedom and rights than most which included all except:

Fathers trained their sons at an early age to

People at the top of the social pyramid had fewer people and

Priests were in charge of

the shape and elevation of surface features, such as mountains or deserts, of a place or region

The largest social class on the Egyptian social pyramid

In what season did the Nile flood?

A lever device that made it easier for Egyptian farmers to gather water and move to fields

A person who records information

the plants of a place or region

On the east and west sides of the Nile River valley, were these natural borders

a symbol used in hieroglyphics, a system of writing developed around 3000 B.C.E.

On what continent is Egypt located?