Ch.2 Ancient Egypt

The chief god of the Egyptians was _____

Gods and goddesses are also known as _________.

The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples are called ________.

______________ was the Egyptian god of the dead.

_____ were wild rapids found on the Nile River.

The Ancient Egyptians civilization was the first to become specialists in the field of _______

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a _________.

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a _________.

The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was __________

The capital city during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom period was ______.

The pharaoh who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion was ______.

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

Also known as Menes, _________ united Upper and Lower Egypt.

The woman pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy was _______.

The Egyptian writing system was called _______________.

Egyptians traded for _____

The Nile River’s flooding could be described as ________________

The capital of Kush was ________

____ was a collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife.

The Egyptians enjoyed a period of stability, prosperity, and achievement during the ________

Egypt and Mesopotamia both had to deal with __________________.

The Great Pyramid was built for king ______

The _____ was the most important person in Egyptian society

The Nile River is the worlds longest river at more than ______________ miles long.

The ________________ was an invention to lift water from the Nile River.

Egyptians grew a plant called ______________, that they used to make paper and other products.

The main reason for the decline of the Egyptian empire was that they were _________.

Mountainlike stone structures possibly used as a tomb is called _______.

Egyptian rulers were called _______

The city of _________ had large iron ore deposits.

________ was the pharaoh that built many new temples during the New Kingdom.

The _____ is a flower like feature that’s formed when the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea