Geography
The Afterlife
Social Classes
Gods and Goddesses
Miscellaneous
100
The Nile began to rise when this star appeared in the sky. it marked the Egyptian new year.
What is the Dog Star (Sirius)?
100
A preserved dead body
What is a mummy?
100
This class worked on roads or temples, or farmed the land.
What are peasants?
100
Akhenaten, Tut's father tried to switch to monotheism and worship this one god.
Who is Aten or Aton?
100
Pharaoh had complete control, also known as this
What is absolute power?
200
The plain at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
200
Egyptians believed this needed to be well preserved to help you move on to the afterlife.
What is a body?
200
Name the group just under pharaoh on the pyramid.
What are government officials?
200
The jackal headed god of mummification and the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
200
One thing Egyptians used Mathematics for.
Measuring and carving stones for pyramids, finding the area of land for taxes?
300
Why was Upper Egypt south of Lower Egypt?
The elevation is higher in upper Egypt.
300
treasures, food, household goods, and organs in jars
What are things that were included in the tomb?
300
The group above peasants on the social pyramid.
What are artisans?
300
This god would greet you as you arrived in the afterlife.
Who is Osiris?
300
This early form of paper was made from plants.
What is papyrus
400
The red lands offered Egypt this
What is protection from invaders?
400
Sometimes this was written on the walls of the tomb.
What is a guide to the afterlife?
400
This group is between priests and artisans.
What are scribes?
400
This sun god was said to be born each morning in the east and die each night in the west.
Who is Amon-re?
400
1. Remove the organs 2. Dry out with salt 3. Clean and bathe in spices 4. Wrap with linen bandages
What are the steps to mummification?
500
Name the 5 themes of geography.
-Movement -Region -Location (absolute and relative) -Interaction -Place
500
This was weighed after a person died to see if they were worthy of proceeding to the afterlife.
What is the heart?
500
The reason slaves do not fit into the social pyramid of Ancient Egypt.
What is - too small to fit at the bottom and not important enough to be near the top.
500
Egyptians believed pharaoh was the earthly form of this falcon god.
Who is Horus?
500
Why is Egypt called The Gift of the Nile?
Because of the silt (rich soil) that covers the land from floods, making the land good for farming
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