Egypt and the Nile
The Pyramids
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Why did people settle along the Nile River
It had water so they could grow crops
100
Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids
to bury the dead Egyptian Pharaohs
100
What was the Egyptian belief about death?
they believed in life after death. They believed their dead were ferried across a great river to meet Osiris
100
Dry, sandy land with little or not plant life
What is Desert
100
To bring together as one
What is Unite
200
How did the farmers use the floods to help them?
They learned to save the water to help them throughout the year. It also made the land very fertile
200
Why did the Pharaohs want all of their belongings buried with them?
they believed they would need the items for the nest world
200
What are some important Egyptian inventions
picture writing, how to chart the stars, 365 days in the year, used metal for tools and weapons
200
to change the words of one language to another
What is translate
200
A dead body kept from rotting by being treated with chemicals and wrapped in cloth
What is Mummy
300
What was life as a Pharaoh like?
They lived rich splendid lives.
300
Tomb walls are covered with ___________ that tell a story of the ancient Egyptian world
picture writing (hieroglyphics)
300
How did the Rosetta Stone help scholars?
Helped translate hieroglyphics
300
a ancient ruler of Egypt
What is Pharaoh
300
A huge structure with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top. Egyptian rulers were buried here
What is a Pyramid
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King _____ was the first great Pharaoh of Egypt
What is Menes
400
What types of things were found in a Egyptian tomb?
bowls, pictures, jewelry, pottery, mummies
400
Egyptians used ________ to smell good
perfume
400
a grave, usually one that is enclosed in stone or cement
What is tomb
400
money paid to support a government
What is tax
500
The Nile River flooded every July, leaving the land very
What is Fertile
500
only ______________ Egyptians could afford to bury a mummy
rich
500
A green or gray paste Egyptians used to draw around their eyes was called
Kohl
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a system of writing using pictures and symbols to represent objects, ideas, or sounds
What is hieroglyphics
500
a writing paper Egyptians made from water plants of the same name
What is Papyrus
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