What continent is Egypt located?
Africa
What is a formal writing that uses pictures and symbols?
Hieroglyphics
what are nomes?
states, provinces, cities
I make laws, I am the commander of the army, and I am the highest priest, who am I?
A Pharaoh
What is believing in more that one god?
Polytheistic
What is the location of number 1?
The Nile River
What is The Rosetta Stone?
A stone with three different languages, stele
I am next in command and I help with civil orders, collect taxes, maintain archives and mobilize troops, who am I?
A Vizier
True or False
The Scribe were in the upper class.
false
The soul continues to live on in the __________.
The Afterlife
What is the location of number 6?
Mesopotamia
What is the everyday writing called?
Hieratic
I am governmental official who collect taxes for the Vizier and I govern a Nome, who am I?
A Nomarch
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They mummified the body.
A bucket at one end to lift water, what is it?
A Shaduf
What language was found on the Rosetta Stone to help translate Hieroglyphics?
Demotic, Greek Language
What are rulers who belong to the same royal family for generations?
A dynasty
What are the similarities of the social class between Mesopotamia and Egypt?
Both have the following:
Kings/Pharaohs
Same job duties/titles
To enter into the afterlife, the heart must outweigh a _______________.
feather
Why was Egypt called ¨The Gift of the Nile¨?
Surplus of food, protection from other civilizations, transportation, trade, resource for food like fish
Why was the Rosetta Stone important to historians?
To translate hieroglyphics and to help translate what happened 3,000 years ago.
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What are some of the differences in social class between Mesopotamia and Egypt?
Job titles are in different social class category
Why did the Ancient Egyptians build pyramids?
To secure the body so that the person can enter into the afterlife. tomb stone
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