Ancient Egypt lesson 1 and 2

Who is both a political and religious leader in Ancient Egypt

Pharoah

How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?

They took advantage of the fertile land left behind after the flooding and they became great farmers.

delta

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

cataract

A large waterfall

papyrus

A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.

dynasty

A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

hieroglyphics

An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

What is the reason that the Nile has been called "the lifeblood" of Egypt?

Its valley and delta provide fertile soil for farming

The great pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh?

King Khufu

The chief god of the Egyptians was

Re.

Government officials appointed by the pharaoh

bureaucrats

this process helped Egyptians develop medical knowledge

embalming

traders, artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt's

middle class

In a theocracy the leader is both

political and religious leader

How are Mesopotamia and Egypt the same?

politics and religion