Government
A government ruled by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
The Nile River
What is the river that runs through Egypt?
Belief in multiple gods
What is polytheism?
An agreement with God
What is a covenant?
The people who were granted pyramids as their resting place, tomb.
What are Pharaohs?
A government controlled by a queen or king
What is a monarchy?
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
What are the two regions of Egypt called?
belief in one god
What is monotheism?
The depature of the Israelites out of enslavement in Egypt
What is Exodus?
A dispersion of people from their homeland
What is a Diaspora?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom
What are the three kingdoms of Egypt?
East and west were protected by deserts, north was protected by the Mediterranean Sea, and the south was protected by the Nile river cataracts.
How were the Egyptians protected by their physical enviornment?
A place where dead Pharaoohs were laid to rest.
What is a tomb?
A weekly day of worship beginning on sundown Friday to sundown on Saturday. This is when Jewish people will practice and study their religion.
What is the Jewish Sabbath?
A society ruled by men
What is a Patriarchy?
god-king who ruled the Egyptian kingdoms
What is a pharaoh?
More people settled in one area due to higher food production, leading to largly populated societies.
How did success in farming contribute to changes in Egyptian society.
A book with spells and prayers that assisted Egyptians in navigating the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
What is the Torah?
A society ruled by women
What is a matriarchy?
A system which exists within a government, business, or organization where officials or workers are appointed.
What is a bureucracy?
Due to little rainfall, crops were not adequate for high food production, leading to food shortages.
What is a drought and how can this lead to famine?
It influenced the structure of Egyptian government, the way people viewed the Pharaohs, the way in which people attributed agricultural success or failure, and the way in which society was constructed.
How did religion influence Egyptian life?
God made a promise to Abraham that Canaan would belong to Abraham and his descendants forever.
Why is Canaan called the Promised Land?
Lowest class but provided food for all of Egypt.
What are farmers?