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Continent where Egypt is.
Africa
True or False.
Egyptian towns were smelly.
False.
They weren't smelly because the heat was so strong that things dried down very quickly.
From which god were the pharaohs supposed to be descended?
Ra, the sun god.
The Egyptians didn't believe in just one God, but in many gods. They were _______.
Polytheistic.
What did you need to have in the afterlife?
The Ancient Egyptians believed that you needed to have your physical belongings in the afterlife.
Two reasons why the River Nile is so important.
Floods, food, transport and trade, building.
Way to pay for things before 500BC.
Exchange.
Pharaohs were intermediary between ... and ...
the gods and the people.
Every god and goddess was connected to a special animal or bird. Why?
To make them easy to recognize.
Who was Anubis?
Anubis is the god of the dead. He was in charge of judging people when they died to see if they were worthy of an afterlife.
The three seasons of farming.
- The inundation season.
- The growing season.
- The harvest.
True or False. Pyramids were built as homes for their
pharaohs to live in.
False.
Pyramids were built as tombs for pharaohs.
What was the pharaoh in charge of? (Name at least two)
- Army
- Government
- Religion
Where were smaller gods were worshipped? And where were the most important gods worshipped?
Smaller gods were worshipped in small chapels or "shrines"; the most important gods had their own temples!
How did Anubis judge you?
When you died, you would have to face Anubis and he would weigh your heart. He used scales; on one side of the scales he would place your heart and on the other he would place a feather.
If your heart was heavier than the feather, it meant you had led a bad life full of sins, so you would be eaten by wild beasts. If your heart was lighter than the feather, you would move on to the afterlife!
Use of irrigation canals.
To make best use of the waters, they build canals so that they could control the water for irrigation, and in this way they could also steer the flood away from cities and gardens, to stop them from flooding.
Who built the Pyramids? Slaves or Egyptians?
Egyptians.
Can you name the three crowns and the places each of it represents?
The "Red Crown", was a representation of the kingdom of Lower Egypt.
The "White Crown", was worn by the kings of the kingdom of Upper Egypt.
The Pschent, the combination of both the red and white crowns, representing both kingdoms joined into one united, became the official crown of kings.
Who could go inside the temples?
Only the pharaoh and the priests and priestesses that served that god could go inside.
True or False. It was common for everyone to be mummified.
False.
It was far too expensive for anyone except the royal familyor top officials to be mummified.
Explain labour tax.
The farmers had to pay the pharaoh with their labour. They became construction workers while the Nile flooded their land.
Why did Egyptians stop building pyramids?
It might have been because pyramids were so enormous that they attracted all the robbers from miles around. They were also very expensive to build and they needed a huge number of workers.
What is a monarchy?
A monarchy is a type of government where people don't vote for their rulers. Power is passed down through blood.
What did Akhenaten do to their religion?
Akhenaten was a pharaoh who believed in a single god named Aten. Akhenaten decided to reform the Egyptian religion into monotheism.
They put the mummy in a coffin. Then, in many other ones. What was the last coffin called?
Sarcophagus.