Geography
Religion
Pharaohs
&
Gods and Goddesses
Ancient Egyptian Society
Vocabulary
100
The world’s longest river, running south to north and provided a great gift to civilization.
What is the Nile River
100
What tells you about the afterlife?
What is The Book of the Dead
100
Who was the Sun god?
What is Ra
100
Another way to refer to life after death.
What is afterlife
200
A triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited from a river.
What is a peninsula
200
What did the Egyptian religion focus on?
What is the afterlife
200
Who was the Sky God and the God of the Pharaohs?
What is Horus
200
The social class that farmers, servants, and slaves were part of
What is Lower Class
200
The writing system used by ancient Egyptians
What is hieroglyphics
300
The southern part of Egypt – upriver in relation to the Niles’s flow.
What is Upper Egypt
300
Define polytheism
What is the belief in or worship of more than one god.
300
Who was the god of the underworld?
What is Osiris
300
What social class were lesser government officials, scribes, and rich craftspeople part of?
What is Middle Class
300
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth to preserve them.
What is mummies
400
What is the new capital of Ancient Egypt?
What is Memphis
400
Why were pyramids built?
What is tombs for the pharaohs and their queens
400
Who drove the Hykos out of Egypt and became Pharaoh
What is Ahmose
400
The three Egyptian lasting achievements.
What is writing, art, and architecture
400
The imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals/humans?
What is Sphinxes
500
What are five reasons the Nile River was so important to the Egyptians?
What is protection, transportation, trade, source of food, & nutrient rich silt to farm
500
Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was part _____ and part ____.
What is God; King
500
Which Egyptian king was an effective ruler and got rid of Egyptian gods and goddesses in favor of one god?
What is Amenhotep/Akhenaton
500
The four categories of Egypt’s social class
What is Pharaoh, Nobles, Middle Class, & Lower Class
500
The process developed by the ancient Egyptians of preserving a person's body after death.
What is embalming
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