Vocabulary
stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top
What is a pyramid?
The process of treating a body so it doesn't decay.
What is mummification?
The name of the river that flows through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
The name of the ruler of Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
This was the most common job.
What is farming?
a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
What is hieroglyphics?
A guide for the soul to use in the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
Egypt was surrounded mostly by this landform.
What are deserts?
This position in Egypt included people who kept records for the government.
What are scribes?
The object that helped scholars decode hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea
What is a delta?
A stone coffin used to store a mummy.
What is a Sarcophagus?
The Nile starts in the _____ and flows to the ______. (Give the cardinal directions.)
What are south and north?
Ancient Egypt did NOT have this type of government in which people vote for their leaders.
What is a democracy?
The name of the limestone statue with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion.
What is a Sphinx?
a reed plant that grows wild along the Nile River
What is papyrus?
The powers of the god named Anubis in Egyptian mythology.
What is the god of mummification?
The Nile River flows into which large body of water?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The name of the position who was second in command to the pharaoh.
What is Vizier?
These were the names of the stable eras in ancient Egypt. (Must name all 3.)
What are the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms?
a line of rulers from one family
What is a dynasty?
Embalmers would dry out the body with this substance.
What is natron?
How many miles long is the Nile River? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
What is 4,000 miles? (This will not be on the test.)
The two types of government that described ancient Egypt.
What are monarchy and theocracy.
Name 5 inventions that came out of ancient Egypt.
What are...hieroglyphics, the 365 day calendar, toothpaste, breath mints, astronomy, geometry, cosmetics, papyrus, ramps, levers, wigs, pyramids, canopic jars, sarcophagus (any of these.)