Ancient Egypt

Rapids along a river

• noble

• cataract

• ka

• obelisk

Area around the Nile covered with rich silt

• cataract

• pharaoh

• Red Land

• Black Land

Title used by Egyptian rulers

• pharaoh

• Ka

• dynasty

• obelisk

Dry, lifeless desert beyond the Nile

• Black Land

• Red Land

• Rosetta Stone

• sphinx

Egyptian's name for a person's life force

• noble

• Ka

• dynasty

• delta

Egypt was mostly an/a _____________ -based economy.

• agricultural
• mechanical
• suburban
• mining

Who owned everything in Ancient Egyptian kingdoms?

• The Pharoah
• Vizier
• Slaves
• Priests

Ancient Egyptian history is divided into how many kingdoms?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 2

How did the Nile River benefit Egyptians? (select all that apply)

• fresh drinking water

• floods destroyed homes and crops

• floods provided silt

• papyrus grew near the river

• a waterway for transportation

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid?

• Triangle represented the 3 season

• Most people at bottom, fewest people at the top

• Scientists like pyramids

• Pharaohs had pyramids built