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Key Terms
100
The river that runs through Egypt from south to north.
What is The Nile River?
100
The name of the Egyptian "king."
What is pharaoh?
100
The Egyptians believed in polytheism, meaning this.
What is many gods?
100
The Egyptians built the first stone one of these as a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser.
What is a pyramid or The Step Pyramid?
100
A group of rocky rapids on The Nile.
What are cataracts?
200
The Nile River empties into this sea.
What is The Mediterranean Sea?
200
The pharaoh was the embodiment of this god on earth.
What is Horus?
200
Egyptians prepared for their death for years, believing this would be the greatest.
What is the afterlife?
200
This process gave the Egyptians an advanced understanding of anatomy and medicine.
What is mummification?
200
A skilled worker who practices a handicraft.
What is an artisan?
300
The wide place just before The Nile River empties into The Mediterranean Sea.
What is The Nile Delta?
300
Egyptian society was structured like one of these, with pharaoh at the top, and slaves at the bottom.
What is a pyramid?
300
The very special ceremonial process performed on rich and important Egyptians after their death.
What is mummification?
300
The Egyptians invented a couple of these, but we still use one today to measure time.
What is a calendar? (Solar Calendar)
300
a system of government officials who carry out rules and regulations
What is bureaucracy?
400
Two regions of Egypt are the "Red Land" and this.
What is "The Black Land"?
400
The majority of people in Ancient Egypt worked as these.
What are farmers?
400
Certain organs were put into these for protection during the mummification process.
What are canopic jars?
400
Egyptians invented this to write on.
What is papyrus?
400
statue or other free standing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other materials
What is sculpture?
500
The term used for getting water to the fields for crops to grow.
What is irrigation?
500
The name used for a series of pharaohs from the same family line.
What is dynasty?
500
These two gods were both brother and sister and husband and wife, the parents of Horus.
Who are Isis and Osiris?
500
Egyptians had an advanced understanding of this, the study of the stars.
What is astronomy?
500
drawing or symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound
What are hieroglyphics?
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