Nile River
What body of water does the Nile River empty into?
Mediterranean Sea
What is the definition of social class?
a way of organizing people based on a characteristic
Which part of a person's soul was represented by a bird with a human head?
What type of jars were the major organs put into?
Canopic
What is the name of the triangular shaped area at the end of the river where we find the best farmland?
Delta
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social class pyramid?
The ruling family
Which part of the soul gave a person their personality?
Ba
Which 4 organs were kept and viewed as important?
What are 4 ways that the Egyptians used the Nile River?
Transportation, trade, drinking, cleaning, farming, irrigation, food, etc etc
Who was at the bottom of the Egyptian social class pyramid?
farmers, servants and slaves
Which part of the soul was sent to the Halls of Osiris to be judged to determine if they get to the afterlife?
Ka
What is the most important organ for the Egyptian religion?
The heart
It was the good fertile soil and it was made by the Nile River's yearly flooding.
Underneath the Pharaoh and ruling family were the nobles, priests and officials. What was their main job?
To help the pharaoh govern Egypt
Which part of the soul needed to return and recognize the body of a person to make it to the afterlife?
ka
What did Egyptians do with the brain?
discarded it
What is the Red Land?
The desert land surrounding the Nile River.
To preserve the body so the ka could return and recognize the body so the person could go to the afterlife