Red
Fertile Farmland
On what material did Egyptian scribes write information?
Papyrus
What is a Vizier?
Adviser to a Pharaoh
What is a hierarchy?
Social Class System
What is a Pharaoh?
Egyptian King
What kind of source is the Rosetta Stone?
Primary
True or False: Pyramids were temples
False
Which trait of civilization do Viziers belong to?
Government
What does polytheistic mean?
Worshipped multiple gods
Which pharaoh had the first Pyramid?
Djoser
Which of these rivers is the longest? Tigris, Nile, Euphrates
Nile
Which trait of civilization is Hieroglyphics? What are hieroglyphics?
Record Keeping. Egyptian writing system
What did most Egyptian gods look like?
animals
Who ordered the construction of the first pyramid?
Imhotep
Who was the first female Pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
Name two Egyptian Gods and what they were the gods of
Anubis- Death
Ra- Sun
What were pyramids, and why were they built?
Tombs for Pharaohs, to show how powerful a pharaoh was in their life
Where are the largest pyramids located?
Cairo
How did Egyptians think the gods decided if a person was good or not?
Weighed their heart against an ostrich feather
Who had the first intact tomb? Who discovered it?
King Tut, Archaeologists
What are some similarities and differences between Egyptian & Mesopotamian social classes?
Kings/Pharaohs at the top, slaves at the bottom. Some names are different, and there are more steps in the Egyptian hierarchy
What geographical feature makes it easiest to start a civilization? Why?
River creates fertile soil, which leads to Agriculture
What is a mummy? What are the four steps in making a mummy
Preserved body of a pharaoh
Step 1: Specialized workers remove and preserve all organs in salt and store them in jars except for the heart
Step 2: Workers dry the body and wrap in in linen
Step 3: Body is placed in a coffin with riches and food for the afterlife
Step 4: Priests perform rituals that help the pharaoh go to the afterlife, and curse anyone who disturbs the pharaoh’s rest
Do you think Hammurabi's code was just? Why or why not?
Good answer
Why do you think Ramses II didn't have the largest pyramid?
Maybe whoever had the largest pyramid was more about who had the most money rather than who as actually the best