Vocab Part 1
What is the ruler of Egypt called?
Pharaoh
What is the Egyptian practice of preserving a body so its soul can go on to the afterlife?
Mummification
What are the two names of the seas in Ancient Egypt?
Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
What is one responsibility of the Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt?
Build temples for the gods
Protect your kingdom and people
Making laws
Conducting ceremonies
What was one responsibility of a soldier during Ancient Egypt?
Protecting the borders
Conquering new land
Mastering multiple weapons
What is the Egyptian form of writing that used small pictures to represent an alphabet called?
Hieroglyphics
What is the longest river in Africa, its flooding waters provided rich soil for crops each year?
Nile River
The direction the Nile River flows is from _______ to ______.
South to North
What is one responsibility for Priests in Ancient Egypt?
Build temples
Priests needed to be able to read and write
Care for the gods and temples
What was one responsibility of Scribes?
Keeping official records
Copying important texts
Knowing Hieroglyphics
What is the plant that grows in the Nile and is used to make paper?
Papyrus
Egyptians who kept written records using papyrus and hieroglyphics
Scribes
What is the famous tomb where all the pharaohs are buried called?
Valley of the Kings
True or False: Women were not allowed to become priests in Ancient Egypt.
False
When soldiers were not at war what did they have to do everyday?
Train and practice their skills
What is the belief that the souls of the deceased live on after death?
Afterlife
Who was the famous Egyptian Pharaoh who took the throne as a child and died as a teenager?
King Tut or Tutankhamun
Which major peninsula is located to the east of Egypt?
Sinai Peninsula
Ancient Egyptians were _______________ (worshipped multiple gods).
Polytheistic
What are two reasons on why it was lucky to be an Egyptian Soldier?
Soldiers can improve their status and move up, they could be paid in land, collected treasure from defeated enemies.
Who is the leader during the New Kingdom who is known for creating many monuments and is often regarded as the greatest, most powerful pharaoh?
Ramses the Great
During Mummification which organ stayed inside the body? Which 4 organs were put into canopic jars?
The heart stayed in the body; Stomach, Intestines, Lungs, Liver
Upper Egypt was located in the __________ part of Egypt. While Lower Egypt was located in the _________ part of Egypt.
Upper Egypt=Southern Part
Lower Egypt=Northern Part
What was the Egyptian word for the balance and harmony among all things?
Ma'at
People believed that Scribes were chosen by the god ______.
Thoth