The Nile
Rulers of Egypt
Egyptian Religion
Ancient Egyptian Culture
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What are cataracts?
rock-filled fast moving water.
100
What is a pharaoh?
The title of the king or queen of ancient Egypt.
100
What is a mummy?
a dead body preserved in a lifelike condition.
100
What are hieroglyphs?
picturelike symbols used to write down ideas
200
What is a delta?
A triangular plain at the mouth of a river.
200
What is a dynasty?
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.
200
What is a pyramid?
a huge building with 4 triangle-shaped sides.
200
What is papyrus?
An early for of paper made from a reed found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.
300
What is silt?
Fine soil on the bottom of the river that is very fertile. It would cover teh land when the Nile flooded making the land good for planting.
300
What is absolute power?
A person having complete control over the people. In Egypt, the pharaoh had absolute power.
300
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
they were built as royal tombs in Egypt.
300
What is an astronomer?
Scientists who study the stars and other objects in the sky.
400
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What were the black lands and the red lands, and where were they located?
400
What is a regent?
someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.
400
What is Giza and what is it known for?
An ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid.
400
Why were the Egyptians so advanced at surgery and setting broken bones?
They were familiar with the human body due to the mummification process.
500
How was trade possible on the Nile going north and south?
North, it was movign downriver and even though south is upriver they could use sails since the wind blew to the south.
500
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Why was King Tutankhamen known so well even though he ruled as a child and died around 18 years old?
500
Why did the Egyptians create mummies?
Because they believed in an afterlife, and thought the body still needed to exist after death for an afterlife to be possible.
500
How were women viewed by the Egyptians?
They were looked upon as models of Isis and had most of the rights men had (could own property, run businesses, etc.).
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