Vocab
Life after death
What is the Afterlife?
The title of a pharaoh is passed down to a younger relative or another chosen successor.
What is the transfer of power?
The most common job in ancient Egypt
What is a farmer?
Reason why Egyptians lived along the Nile River.
What is no rainfall?
he god of the sun that created the world and people in Egyptian mythology
Who is Ra/?
Ruler of Ancient Egyptian Society
Who is a Pharoah?
Khufu tomb
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Position in Egypt’s social hierarchy included builders, carpenters, jewelers, metalworkers, painters, sculptors, and stonecutters
Who are artisans?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
What are three strong and stable time periods in Egyptian History?
Osiris
Who is the god of the underworld and agriculture who determined if spirits of the dead could enter the afterlife at the Hall of Judgment in Egyptian mythology
Mummy
What is a body preserved in a way from decomposing?
Famous Pharaoh whose tomb was discovered early in the 20th Century.
Who is Tutankhamun?
The reason majority of the ancient Egyptians settled around the Nile Delta
Why did The buildup of soil made the land great for agriculture?
The position in Egypt’s social hierarchy was the second-in-command whose responsibilities included supervising the courts, tax collections, pyramid construction, and government officials.
Who are the Visiers?
the powers of the goddess named Isis in Egyptian mythology
What are Magic & healing?
System of government ruled by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
Pharaoh that ruled for 66 years and expanded Egypt's territory and ordered the construction of two famous monuments.
Who is Ramses II
It had the same statement written in both hieroglyphics and Greek.
The name of the limestone statue in this picture, with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion?
What is the Great Sphinx?
The idea of a cosmic harmony and balance that existed on Earth and across the universe.
What is Ma'at?
Large stone slab that was used to decode Hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Aknenaten
Who is the Pharaoh who replaced worship of many Gods with his favorite God, Aten?
The Egyptians feared future invasions and wanted to block all possible routes.
Why did ancient Egypt expand its territory and become an empire during the New Kingdom?
It was expensive to build the pyramids and they were targeted by tomb robbers.
Why did the ancient Egyptians eventually stop building the pyramids?
the powers of the god named Anubis in Egyptian mythology
What are mummification and cemeteries?
Stone tomb with a triangle shape that come together to forma point at the top.
What is a pyramid?
Pharaoh that increased Ancient Egypt's Trade and was one of the first women to become a Pharaoh.
Who is Hatesheput?
primary reason for mummification in ancient Egypt
What is The belief that a person’s body must still exist so the spirit can go to the afterlife.
The pyramids were storage areas for these materials so the pharaoh’s spirit could enjoy them in the afterlife.
Why were the pyramids filled with gold, jewelry, and other valuable possessions of the pharaoh
the correct use of natron in the mummification process.
How is the use of Natron, a salt used to dry out the mummy?