Africa
Pharoah
Ruler/ King of Egypt
while alive and ruling Egypt, the Egyptians believed their king was a __________.
God
The Egyptians built pyramids to hold the bodies of what type of person?
Pharaoh and rich people
What was the Pharaoh Ramses the great know for?
Building monuments
The nile river splits off into the __________ nile and the __________ nile.
Blue and White
Polytheism
worship more than 1 god
Who was at the bottom of the social structure?
Slaves/Prisoners
T/F Only Peasants prayed to the gods.
F all classes did
What was the Egyptian written language of pictures called?
Hieroglyphics
The Nile river empties into the _______________
Nile Delta
Merchant
A person who sells goods
What was a scribe? Could anyone be a scribe?
A scribe was a writer in Ancient Egypt.
No, they were chosen at birth.
After dying, the Egyptians believed their king joined with the god of death or ________________.
Osiris
During mummification, Which organ stayed with the body?
Heart
Explain why Lower Egypt was located in the north and Upper Egypt was located in the south?
Determine based on the way the nile river flows.
Primary source
a source from someone who was actually there
T/F Most peasants were farmers.
True
According to Egyptian beliefs, what two items were weighed by the gods after death?
Heart and ostrich feather
What was used to preserve for the body not to decay?
natron
How many times in one year does the Nile flood?
3 June- September
Secondary source
a source that is written by someone long after the event occurred.
What were some of the rights women had in Ancient Egypt? (Name 3)
Able to divorce, go to court, own property, sue people, and work along artisans, dowry, child support, free slaves
What are canopic jars? Why did Egyptians use them?
Canopic jars were used to store organs of the body they mummified. To preserve organs.
Describe the two outcomes of the weighing of the heart?
Outcome 1: if the heart is heavier, not pure heart, they do not get into the afterlife
Outcome 2: if the ostrich feather heavier, their heart is pure and they go to the afterlife