Vocabulary
What is the definition of cataracts
rapids
Who was at the top of the pyramid.
The Pharaoh
What do they believe about the pharaoh
They believe that they are Gods sent to earth
Was learning how to be a scribe easy
it was very challenging.
Where did they get most of there food from
The nile river.
What is a sphinx
it has the body of a lion and a head of a human or other animals
What people are at the second from the bottom
The scribes and craftspeople
Who build pyramids
the slaves
Were a lot of people able to become scribes
No only the rich
When the nile had a low amount of water who did they get the water for there crops
They build an irrigation system
Who is King Tutankhamen
Yes
What was most of there population filled of
Farmers,slaves,and servants
Who is the god of the afterlife
Osiris
What did the write on and what was it made of
they wrote on papyrus and it was made out of reeds
Why did they domesticate animals
To use them for food and hunting
what is the definition of the middle kingdom
period of order and stability which lasted to about 1750 BC.
what is the group that falls underneath the Pharaoh
nobles
Why were the pyramids so important
They were so important because that is where they were kept to go into the afterlife
What was there most common form of writing
Hieroglyphs
Who do the pharaohs get there crops from and why
The farmers, That is how the pay taxes
What is the definition of obelisk
a tall four-sided pillar that is pointed on the top
Who's at the of the pyramid and what is their job
farmers farm, slaves and servants do what ever they are told
what power do the believe the gods have
they believe that the gods control everything
what three languages did the Rosetta Stone have on it
hieroglyphics, greek, demotic
what did poor people eat on special occasion
meat