Pharaohs
Social Classes
Gods/Goddesses
Mummification
Misc.
100
Who was the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid at Giza?
Khufu
100
What social class was responsible for the farming and helping build pyramids?
Peasants
100
Where did the gods and goddesses live?
temples
100
Why did Egyptian priests embalm human bodies?
They believed people needed their bodies in the afterlife.
100
Egyptians and the Sumerians shared which religious belief?
polytheism
200
What made Hatshepsut unique?
She was the first female pharaoh.
200
If you wanted to raise your status in Egypt, what is one way you could do that?
become a scribe
200
Which god was married to Isis?
Osiris
200
What was the only organ left in the body of a mummy? Why?
The heart because it needed to be weighed against a feather for final judgement.
200
Why is papyrus important to history?
It was the first paper used to record written records.
300
Which pharaoh sent trading ships on expeditions to Punt?
Hatshepsut
300
Write Egyptian social pyramid from highest to lowest class.
1. pharaoh 2. government officials 3. priests 4. scribes 5. artisans 6. peasants
300
Who was the god with the body of a man and head of a jackal and who was the god of embalming and of the dead?
Anubis
300
What was the large stone coffin called that mummies were put inside?
sarcophagus
300
What made Egypt's Black Land and Red Land different?
Red Land was desert and Black Land was fertile.
400
Who was a great warrior pharaoh and Egypt's greatest builder?
Ramses II
400
This list describes the jobs of people in which social class? - decided difficult court cases - collected taxes - led the army
Government Officials
400
Horus was the god of the sky. He was half man and half what?
Hawk
400
What was included in the wrappings of mummies?
jewelry and protective charms
400
What did the spring rains and melting snow do for ancient Egyptians?
It caused the Nile to overflow yeach year.
500
What was the important architectural achievement of Senursret's reign?
The White Chapel
500
Why did Egyptians believe that the pharaoh should hold the higest place in society?
The people beleived that the pharaohs were god-kings and meant to rule.
500
Which god was considered to be the most important to the Egyptians?
Ra
500
What are the jars called that the organs placed in for mummification?
canopic jars
500
Which of the paraohs ruled before the other three? - Menes - Khufu - Cleopatra VII - Hatshepsut
Menes
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