Geography
Egypt developed on which continent?
Africa
Egyptians, like Mesopotamians, were ________________, meaning they believed in multiple gods.
***Polytheistic
Writing system in Egypt.
***Hieroglyphics
Ruler who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Namer
Economic system used for most of Egypt's history. Trading goods for goods.
Barter
Who is at the top of the social pyramid?
***Pharaoh
The Niles floods were _________, meaning they flooded every year. This made preparing easier than in Mesopotamia.
***Annual
The believed their gods influenced what?
***Nature
Used by scholars to translate and read hieroglyphics.
***Rosetta Stone
Egypt's government was a _____________, meaning it was ruled by a king or queen.
Monarchy
Egypt's economy depended heavily on.
Agriculture
Trained to read and write, were responsible for keeping records.
***Scribes
The fertile lands were called the ______ land, and the infertile land was called the ______ land.
Black land --> fertile
Red land --> infertile
Egyptians made hymns and songs praising the Nile for what reason.
***The had great respect for the Nile because it brought them life
The location of some of the most famous pyramids.
***Giza
Oversaw: government, armies, religious activities and organized social projects. was tasked with maintaining Maat, truth, justice, order and balance.
***Pharaoh
Standard measures to compare the value of different goods.
Deben
Performed physical work, such as moving materials and building canals. Not at the very bottom but towards it.
***Peasants
The floods left behind _______, which made the land fertile.
***silt
The Pharaoh was considered to be a
***God
One unit of length was the _____, which was based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
Cubit
A series of rulers from the same family is called a?
Dynasty
Kingdom Egypt traded with in their early history.
***Kush
Some were captured during wars. They worked in households, workshops, fields, and other settings. At the bottom of the pyramid.
***Enslaved people
Upper Egypt to the south, and Lower Egypt to the North. Their names refer to their what?
elevation
Egyptians prepared bodies for the afterlife by ________________ them.
***mummifying
Developed scrolls from _________ which made the lives of scribes easier.
***Papyrus
How did power pass from Pharaoh to Pharaoh?
***From father to closest male relative.
Acted as a transportation highway.
The Nile River
Powerful official who helped the pharaoh run Egypt.
Vizier