Gods
History
The Afterlife
Pharaohs
Social Classes
100
The sun god
Who was Ra?
100
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.
What is a dynasty?
100
This process used natron, a natural salt, to help dry the body.
What is mummification?
100
This was the largest social class.
What were peasants?
200
The sky god and the god of kingship
Who was Horus?
200
He became famous the discovery of his tomb in 1922.
Who was Tutankhamen (or King Tut)?
200
Souls traveled to the afterlife in these.
What are boats?
200
King Khufu built this structure to be used as his tomb.
What is the Great Pyramid?
200
They could inherit land from their masters.
Who were slaves?
300
The goddess of women
Who was Isis?
300
This measurement was the distance from an elbow to the tip of the fingers.
What is a cubit?
300
During this time period, the afterlife was thought to be only for kings and their associates.
What was the Old Kingdom?
300
Initially a regent, this pharaoh encouraged trade with faraway places.
Who was Hatshepsut?
300
Merchants and skilled workers were grouped together in this category.
What was the middle class?
400
The god of wisdom and of writing
Who was Thoth?
400
The Nubian kingdom of Kerma was famous for this.
What is pottery? (or artisans)
400
Written in hieroglyphs on papyrus, this was thought to guide the dead on their journey to the afterlife.
What was the Book of the Dead?
400
In addition to conquering other lands, this pharaoh loved to study plants.
Who was Thutmose III?
400
Priests were considered part of this grouping.
What was the upper class?
500
The god of the living and the dead
Who was Osirus?
500
The process by which heat is used to remove impurities from metal.
What is smelting?
500
According to religious beliefs, the soul would return to the mummy to receive these.
What are food offerings?
500
He believed in monotheism, the worship of only one god.
Who was Akhenaton (or Amenhotep IV)?
500
Women from this class could use their position to influence the pharaoh.
What were nobles?
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