Egyptian geography, religion and achievements

Identify the major features labeled on the map.

a

b

c

d

e

f

Red Sea

Pyramids of Giza

Mediterranean Sea

Nile River

Upper Egypt

Nile Delta

Ancient Egypt was divided into ​ (a)   regions: ​​ ​ (b)  

• two
• East Egypt/Nile, West Egypt/Nile
•  Northern Egypt/Nile, Southern Egypt/Nile
• Central Egypt/Nile, Coastal Egypt/Nile
• Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
• three
• four

Match the following

• Delta

• the vizier who designed the first pyramid

• Re

• 
• Imhotep

• 
• frontalism

• 
• Cataract

• Egyptian Sun god

A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.

• Translation Stone

• Tut's Stone

• Rosetta Stone

• Ramses Stone

Upper Egypt is located in the ___________ area.

• Northern

• Eastern

• Western

• Southern

Lower Egypt is in the __________ area.

• Western

• Northern

• Eastern

• Southern

Mummification, or preserving the dead body, became so important because

• Egyptians believed that in order to live forever, your spirit, needed a body to call home.

• Egyptians were polytheistic.

• Egyptians wanted to prove to other civilizations that their dead were better.

• they believed the mummies could be used as a key to translating the ancient hieroglyphics.

The complexity of the hieroglyphic writing system tells us that (a)   .

• Scribes were important and powerful
• Scribes were less educated
• Scribes were slaves
• They only need one degree
• They had to go to school for 7 years

What do the pyramids reveal about Egyptian society?

Construct a topic sentence that answers this question: What did the Egyptians believe about their gods' control of their world?