VOCABULARY
Physical features
Egyptians
RELIGION
PEOPLE
100
tombs
What is a pyramid?
100
Lies to the east and the west
What is deserts?
100
writing system -800 characters
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Son of Re, god on earth
What is a pharaoh?
100
first GREAT engineer
Who is Imhotep?
200
pleasant smell when burned
What is incense?
200
A waterfall or rapid
What is a cataract?
200
Reed plant used for paper
What is papyrus?
200
ruled over the world of the dead together
Who are Osiris and Isis?
200
Could own property, buy and sell goods and obtain divorces Wealthy could be priests, manage temples and perform religious ceremonies
Whop are women?
300
A tool for gathering water to bring to storage bins
What is a shadoof?
300
A grassy plain
What is a savanna?
300
government ruled by same religious and political leader
What is theocracy?
300
better than present life
What is the afterlife?
300
female pharaoh, wore false beard
Who is Hatshepsut?
400
A long line of rulers from one family
What is a dynasty
400
Black land
What is Kemet?
400
Used to preserve a body before being wrapped with linen as a mummy
What is NATRON?
400
felt threatened by priests powers, started new religion
Who is Amenhotep?
500
A government official
What is a bureaucrat?
500
fan shaped area at the mouth of the river
What is Nile DELTA?
500
Protected bodies from floods, animals and robbers
What are PYRAMIDS?
500
Before this process, organs were removed and stored in special jars
What is embalming?
500
Played small role in Egyptian history, ruled very young
Who is King Tut?
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