What river did the Egyptians rely on and what was it used for?

The Nile. Travel/Trade, Farming/Fertile Soil, Drinking

What are some achievements of the Egyptians?

Shadoof, pyramids, calendar, medical skills, math, papyrus

Why were the pyramids built?

They were burial tombs for the pharaohs

Egypt had what type of government?

theocracy-pharaoh was both the religious &political leader

Why did the Egyptians mummify bodies?

So they had a safe travel into the afterlife

Who was in the upper class in Egypt?

pharaoh and their family, bureaucrats, priests, etc.

What did the Egyptians base their seasons on in their calendar?

The Nile's predictable flood patterns (akhet, peret, shemu)

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1
What river did the Egyptians rely on and what was it used for?
The Tigris. Travel/Trade, Farming/Fertile Soil, Drinking
The Euphrates. Fertile soil, travel, bathing
The Indus. Travel, fertile soil, drinking.
The Nile. Travel/Trade, Farming/Fertile Soil, Drinking
2
Why was Lower Egypt at the top and Upper Egypt at the bottom?
The Nile flows south to north
The Upper class people lived at the bottom of Egypt
The Nile flows north to south
The Lower class wanted to be at the top
3
Who was the youngest pharaoh to rule?
Akhenaton
Imhotep
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
4
About 80% of Egyptians were in what class on the social pyramid?
The Richer Class
The Lower Class
The Middle Class
The Upper Class
5
What two deserts surrounded Egypt?
There were no deserts in Egypt
The Syrian and the Sahara
The Syrian and Arabian
The Western and the Sahara
6
What are some achievements of the Egyptians?
Shadoof, pyramids, calendar, medical skills, math, papyrus
Paper, shadoof, bamboo, geometry
Sailboat, shadoof, wheel, pyramids
Sailboat, wheel, calendar, plow
7
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Hatshepsut
Imhotep
Narmer
Tutankhamun
8
What is the fan-shaped part of the Nile that splits into the Mediterranean Sea called?
the nile shadoof
the nile river
the nile delta
the nile cataract
9
What are the areas of fast moving waters in the Nile River called?
Shadoof
Delta
Irrigation
Cataract
10
Why were the pyramids built?
To shade people from the hot sun
To look pretty and bring people to travel to Egypt
To host parties in
They were burial tombs for the pharaohs
11
Egypt had what type of government?
theocracy-pharaoh was both the religious &political leader
theocracy-priest was both the religious &political leader
democracy- all citizens got to vote for their leader
democracy- the pharaoh got elected by the people
12
What was Egypt's climate like?
Cold and Rainy
Hot and Dry
Hot and Wet
Snowy and Rainy
13
Were the Egyptians polytheistic or monotheistic
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
14
Why did the Egyptians mummify bodies?
So that they did not smell from decaying
So they could scare people around Halloween
Priests were bored and wanted a hobby
So they had a safe travel into the afterlife
15
What written language did Egyptians use to keep records of important information?
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Rosetta Stone
16
Who was in the upper class in Egypt?
pharaoh and their family, bureaucrats, priests, etc.
Slaves, soldiers, farmers, etc.
Scribes, merchants, shopkeepers, etc.
Farmers, scribes, merchants, etc.
17
Who was the 1st great architect of the pyramids?
Hatshepsut
King Tut
Ramses II
Imhotep
18
Who was the first female pharaoh?
Females could not rule
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
19
What did the Egyptians write on?
Linen Strips
Paper
Claytablets
Papyrus
20
What did the Egyptians base their seasons on in their calendar?
The praying cycle of the Egyptian gods
The religious holidays
The heat waves that would come in from the desert
The Nile's predictable flood patterns (akhet, peret, shemu)

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