Vocabulary
The complex writing system of the Egyptians
Hieroglyphics
This river flooded every year making the land fertile
The Nile River
Did the Egyptians belive in one or many gods?
Many
Pharoah's held what status of the social groups
The highest or top class
How old was King Tut when he took over?
10
Pharaoh
What surrounds Egypt making it a good place to live and protected Egypt from outside invaders?
Deserts
Amenhotep or Akhenaton tried to change this about Egyptian religion.
How many Gods there were to pray to. Went from many to a single God.
This class contained the largest group of society and were made up of farmers and unskilled workers
Lowest class
What married God and Goddess ruled the underworld?
Osiris and Isis
The process of preserving the bodies for afterlife is called this. This usually included taking out the organs of the deceased.
embalming
On what continent is Egypt located?
Africa
What did King Tut do when he took over power at such a young age?
Went back to many Gods
True or false people in the lowest group could go up in social class
True
What is a wrapped up body referred to as after it has gone through the embalming process?
Mummy
Representatives for government that were sent to another country in hopes of working together to reach a common goal.
Envoy
Upper Egypt is located in the _________ part of Egypt, while the Lower Egypt is located in the _______ part of Egypt.
South, North
Who was the sun God?
Re (Ray)
This class contains Priests and Nobles
Upper class
After [pharaohs stopped having pyramids built for tombs they instead had their tombs cut into limestone cliffs west of the Nile river valley, this valley became known as what?
Valley of the Kings
These were built to bury the dead kings or pharaohs known as great tombs or
Pyramids
In what city of Egypt are the pyramids located
Giza
Who did the Egyptians believe the pharaoh was a son of?
Re
This group is larger than upper class but smaller than the lower class. They were made up of traders, artisans, and scribes.
Middle class
Ramses 2