Geography
Define cataract
a waterfall
Define scribe.
People whose job was to write and keep records.
Define succession.
The order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne.
What was women's role in Ancient Egypt?
To take care of the home and children. They could have land and a job.
The first woman pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
Define delta
An area near a river’s mouth where the water deposits fine soil
Define Hieroglyphics.
Egyptian writing system
Define dynasty.
Aline of rulers from the same family.
Describe an Egyptian home.
white walls
cooked outside
made of mud
What is a structure shaped like a triangle, with four sides that meet at a point called?
Pyramid
Define fertile.
Means it was good for growing crops.
what is the difference between the word mummy and embalm?
embalm: to preserve a body after death
mummy: a body that has been dried so it won’t decay.
What did pharaohs do to solve the problem of grave robbers?
Pharaohs began building more secret tombs in an area called the Valley of the Kings. The burial chambers were hidden in mountains near the Nile. This way, the pharaohs hoped to protect their bodies and treasures from robbers.
Who was in the middle of ancient Egyptian social classes?
craftspeople, merchants and farmers
Name a pharaoh and describe two things about them.
answers will vary.
red land - the desert
black land- fertile dirt
What was life like for women in Ancient Egypt?
Egypt was one of the best places in the ancient world to be a woman. The main job of most women was to care for their children and home, but some did other jobs too. Some women wove cloth. Others worked with their husbands in fields or workshops. S
Why was Egypt's Middle Kingdom such a short time period?
A nomadic people called the Hyksos kept invadeding Egypt.
What was the invention created to get water from the river called?
Shaduf
half credit if they can describe it
Describe what Egyptian doctors thought about the heart and the brain?
Doctors believed that the heart controlled thought and the brain circulated blood, which is the opposite of what is known now.
Why was the Nile River important name at 2 things?
helps create fertile soil to help farming, transportation and trade
Name in order the Egyptian social roles. There are 6.
1. Pharaohs and government
2. Priests
3. Craftspeople and Merchants
4. Farmers
5. Laborers and Slaves
Why were religion and government not separate in ancient Egypt?
They believed the pharaohs were gods themselves.
What kind of religion did the Ancient Egyptians have?
Polytheism
Half credit: belief in many gods and goddesses
What was special about the Great Pyramid?
the largest pyramid ever built
760 feet long
2.3 million blocks of stone
Workers dragged each heavy block hundreds of feet
20 years to build
20,000 Egyptians worked on it