Ancient Egypt Review

King Khufu built the Great Pyramid where?

Which is NOT a similarity between Egypt and Mesopotamia?

This reed plant was used to make paper in ancient Egypt.

A pharaoh was buried in a tomb called what? 

The land south of Egypt are known as grasslands. What is the name of these grasslands? 

____________ were people from western Asia who conquered Egypt.

What is the name of the goddess who ruled over the Nile River?

This deity was known as the ruler of the underworld with her husband Osiris.

The capital of Kush, located on a trade route, was ______________

what is the name used in ancient Egypt for a god or goddess?

What is the largest desert in the world?

Kings of Egypt were called what special name?

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a _________.

In the Middle Kingdom __________________ was the capital of Egypt.

The pharaoh was believed to be ________________.

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

around 3100 B.C., Narmer

Fertile land at the mouth of a river?

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

The Kushites moved their capital to Meroe to be close to __________.

Name the time period that is known as the golden age in Egypt.

In which part of Egypt are the Great Pyramids and Spinx located? 

The woman pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy through trade was ______.

The world's longest river is___________.

Today we call it Sudan. The ancient Egyptians called is _______________.

The capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom was _______________.

This was built for King Khufu.

What crops did the Egyptians grow?

The forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples is called 

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is known as a ____________.

The Egyptian pharaoh who expanded Egypt's borders and was the stepson of Hatshepsut.

Mesopotamia had _________ floods. 

Egyptians believed in ________________.

The chief god of the Egyptians was

Which of the fallowing is farthest north in Egypt?

The group that made up the largest group in Egyptian society was who?

The natural barrier that protected Egypt from invasion was the ________.

Egyptians traded for 

The greatest of the New Kingdom pharaohs?

Who tried to give the Egyptians a new religion

The king who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt was __________.

Tomb of this pharaoh was found untouched in the Valley of the Kings.

The land around the Nile River delta is known as _____________.

Egypt reached its height of power during what kingdom?

Wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs are called what?

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing was called? 

_____________ Was the writing system of Egyptians.

What advancement did Egypt make?