Vocab
Pyramids
Smorgesborg
Geography
100
These people were the writers and record keepers of Ancient Egypt
Who are scribes?
100
The pyramid at Giza was built during this kingdom
What is the Old Kingdom?
100
This was the name historians gave for the king of Ancient Egypt. The name means "Great House"
What is pharaoh?
100
This is the name of the river that played a crucial role in Ancient Egypt
What is the Nile?
200
This is the name of the Ancient Egyptian written language
What are hieroglyphics?
200
These people were at the bottom of the social pyramid
Who were peasants and slaves?
200
It took the Egyptians this long to mummify a body
What is 70 days?
200
These are the two seas that lay to the North and South of the Nile River
What are the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
300
Egyptians put these inside the Canopic jars
What are internal organs?
300
These are the 3 types of pyramids build during Ancient Egyptian civilization
What were step, bent, and smooth/true pyramids?
300
This was the object that was weighed against a dead person's heart in the afterlife myth
What is a feather?
300
These three deserts served to protect the Nile Valley from invaders
What are the Nubian, Libyan and Arabian Deserts?
400
This was a large coffin used to bury mummies
What is a sarcophagus?
400
Name all 6 levels of the social pyramid
What are pharaoh, government officials, priests, scribes, artisans/merchants, peasants/slaves?
400
This was the name of the God of the Dead, the final judge of the scales of the afterlife myth
What is Osiris?
400
This pharaoh was responsible for building the pyramid at Giza
Who is Khufu?
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