Hieratic/Hieroglyphic
What is Hieratic Script?
A shortened version of Hieroglyphics.
What is bureaucracy?
A type of government in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
What is Ka?
The spiritual body. The Egyptians believed they had two bodies, a spiritual and a physical one.
What were the two regions of Egypt?
The Upper and Lower Egypt.
What were the three kingdoms?
Old, Middle and New Kingdom.
What did Egyptians use to write in Hieroglyphics?
Chisels and hammers to write on stone.
What is the highest class?
Pharaohs which were the rulers.
What is mummification?
A process the Egyptians practiced to prevent dead bodies from rotting.
Explain the two lands.
Red lands: dry, uninhabitable desert.
Black lands: fertile soil near the Nile.
What important construction happened during the Old Kingdom?
The construction of the pyramids of Giza.
What were Hieroglyphics?
A complex writing system using pictures to represent sounds and the actual meaning of the image.
What is the middle class?
The workers: merchants and craftsmen.
What was the first step in the mummification process?
Removing organs such as intestines, lung, liver, stomach, and brain and placing them in the canopic jars.
What separated Upper and Lower Egypt?
The Nile River.
What was the Middle Kingdom known for?
Conquering Nubia. Art and Literature.
What was the Rosetta Stone?
A stone passage that was used to decipher the meaning of Hieroglyphics after Egypt fell.
What is the lowest class?
Peasants and Servants. They farmed on the land and paid taxes with their crops.
What did the Egyptians place their mummified bodies in?
The pyramids were a place were they put the bodies, along with any pocessions, food and their organs.
Why was Upper Egypt called upper even though it was south?
The Nile flowed down to the delta, where lower Egypt was. Upper Egypt had lots of mountains.
What was the New Kingdom known for?
Expansion and prosperity.
Archaeologists and linguistics
What class is most educated?
The scribes, they had to go to a special school to learn to read and write. They are the only class that can do so.
Why did they place amulets between the layers of linen during the wrapping stage?
They believed the amulets would protect their body as it journeyed into the afterlife.
Describe the location of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Upper Egypt was the southern part of Egypt. Lower Egypt was the northern part of Egypt by the Delta.
Why was Egypt unified during the kingdoms?
Strong pharaohs that were powerful and effective brought them together.