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Vocabulary
100
Another name for a waterfall or rapids on a river.
What is a cataract?
100
____________ was the Egyptian style of government in which government and religion are combined.
theocracy
100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100
Priests who performed mummification were called _______.
embalmers
100
A picture that stands for the sound of a letter
What is a phonogram?
200
The Nile flows ________ to _________ and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
south to north
200
The religious and political leader of Ancient Egypt was called the _______________.
pharaoh
200
The Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. This process is called ___________.
What is mummification?
200
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians. It was mostly carved in monuments and temples.
What are hieroglyphics?
300
The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.
rich and fertile
300
The adviser to the pharaoh near the top of the social pyramid was called ____________.
vizier
300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
300
The period that is often referred to as the "golden age" of ancient Egypt
What is the New Kingdom?
300
This is board game played by ancient Egyptians.
What is Senet?
400
What is a natural barrier? Name at least 3 natural barriers that protected Egypt.
A natural barrier is a physical feature that protects or hinders travel over or through. Natural barriers are the deserts, cataracts on the Nile River, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea
400
______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.
dynasty
400
If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job what would happen the the mummy's soul in the afterlife?
It would not recognize and reunite with its body
400
Pharaohs assigned people to govern the nomes (states) of Egypt. These "governors" were called ____________.
What are nomarchs?
400
A plant used by ancient Egyptians to make paper.
What is papyrus?
500
How were the early Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?
What is near fresh water (or river valley) and fertile soil?
500
What is the term or phrase used to describe the ultimate power held by the pharaoh?
What is Divine Right or Divine Right of Kings?
500
When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?
the heart
500
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
500
The discovery made it possible to decipher (understand) hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
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