Ancient Egyptian Society
What was the social class that farmers, servants, and slaves were part of?
Lower Class
Who was the Sky God and the God of the Pharaohs?
Horus
What is a a triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited from a river?
Peninsula
What is life after death?
Afterlife
What tells you about the afterlife?
The Book of the Dead
Which social class includes officials, priests, and nobles?
Nobles
Who was the Sun god?
Ra
What is the world’s longest river, running south to north and provided a great gift to civilization?
Nile River
What was the writing system used by ancient Egyptians?
Hieroglyphics
What did the Egyptian religion focus on?
The afterlife
What social class were lesser government officials, scribes, and rich craftspeople part of?
Middle Class
Who was the god of the underworld?
Osiris
What is the southern part of Egypt?
Upper Egypt
What is a specially treated body wrapped in cloth to preserve the body?
Mummy
What is polytheism?
The belief in or worship of more than one god
What are the three Egyptian lasting achievements?
Writing, art, and architecture
Who drove the Hykos out of Egypt and became Pharaoh?
Ahmose
What is the new capital of Ancient Egypt?
Memphis
What were the imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals/humans?
Sphinxes
Why were pyramids built?
As tombs for the pharaohs and their queens.
What are the four categories of Egypt’s social class?
Pharaoh, Nobles, Middle Class, & Lower Class
Which Egyptian king was an effective ruler and got rid of Egyptian gods and goddesses in favor of one god?
Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV)
What are the four reasons the Nile River was so important?
1. Protection
2. Transportation/trade
3. Source of food
4. Nutrient rich silt to farm
The process developed by the ancient Egyptians of preserving a person’s body after death?
Embalming
Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was part _____ and part ____.
God; King