Vocab
What is a pharaoh?
A ruler of ancient Egypt.
Who made up of the highest social postion in Egypt?
The pharaoh and his family.
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
What was the pharaohs job?
Who was the god of learning?
Thoth was the god of learning.
What is a dynasty?
A line of rulers from on family.
What was the Egyptians main resource?
The Nile River.
What happened when the pharaoh died?
Their son/grandson would become the ruler.
If you learned how to read and write what job would you most likely have?
A scribe
Who is the sun god?
Re is the sun god.
What is a bureaucrat?
A government official.
Who made up of the upper class?
Army commanders,nobles, and priests
What did the priests do before embalming the body?
Removed the organs.
This job includes seeds, water, growing crops, and animals.
Farmer
Who is the river god?
Hapi is the sun god.
What is a theocracy?
A government in which the same person is both the political leader and the religious leader.
Who made up of the middle class?
Traders, artisans, and scribes.
What was the point of the Book of Dead?
The Egyptians thought if you studied the book that the god Osiris would grant them eternal life.
Thousands of people had to help with this.
Building the pyramids.
Who are the most powerful god?
Re the sun god and Hapi the river god are the most powerful gods
What is embalming?
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying.
Who made up of the lower class?
Farmers and unskilled workers.
Why did Egyptians take care of the dead bodies?
The Egyptians believed to get to the afterlife you needed a body for the soul.
What was a bureaucrats job?
They carried out the pharaoh's orders.
What was Osiris the god of?
Osiris is the god of Life and Death.