Government
What do you call the ruler in Ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
What is the Egyptians' form of writing called?
Hieroglyphics
What type of religion do the Egyptians believe in?
Polytheism
What does dynasty mean?
Dynasty is when the kingdom or kingship is passed down from father to son.
For irrigating (watering) their fields, what do the Egyptians do?
They dig basins (holes) for containing and storing the water. Then, they build small canals or ditches from the basin to their fields to move the water to where they need.
What type of government did most of Ancient Egypt have?
Theocracy or Monarchy
What is a shadoof?
A long pole (or rope) with a bucket attached to it.
What are pyramids for?
For burying the most important people, like pharaohs, when why die
What is something that the people learned about because of the embalming process?
They learned about medical skills and how to heal and treat people.
How are Egypt's social classes organized? (Who is in what group or what decides who is in each group?)
Who is in each group? A: Upper class is pharaohs, priests, viziers, and other highly important people. Middle Class is scribes, skilled workers, etc. Lower class is servants, unskilled workers, etc.
What decides what group they are in? A: position or job in society
What does Theocracy and Monarchy mean?
Theocracy-when the leader is the political and the religious leader.
Monarchy-when there is one ruler (king or queen)
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
What is the Egyptians' paper made of and how is it made?
It is made of papyrus. It is made by pressing (smashing) the leaves together and letting them dry and smashing more leaves together and so on.
Why do the Egyptians embalm and mummify people who die?
They did this because they believed in life after death and they thought the person's soul/spirit would come back to get the body eventually.
Name two physical features of Ancient Egypt and talk about why they are important.
Possible answers: delta, cataracts, fertile soil, Nile River, desert
What is unique about how Lower and Upper Egypt were arranged and how does it relate to the Nile River?
Lower Egypt is north (or above) Upper Egypt. The Nile River runs north so Upper Egypt is by the upper part of the river.
Tell me the process of how Egypt eventually developed into one large kingdom.
Small villages-->small kingdoms-->bigger kingdoms-->two main kingdoms (Upper and Lower)-->finally, one large kingdom
Name a development or technology that has not been mentioned and talk about why it would be important.
Possible answers: medical skills, base-10 number system, 12-month calendar, shadoof, paper, sandals, baskets, etc., irrigation, etc.
What is something the Egyptians did or believed in because of their religion?
Possible answers: put masks on the dead, embalmed and mummified their dead, believed in life after death, worshiped many gods, etc.
What is one way that the people adapted to their environment (particularly in farming)?
Possible answers: built an irrigation system, built a shadoof for moving water, traded goods with other people, stored a surplus of food
What is one of the pharaohs' names and what was one thing important about that pharaoh?
Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep IV, Tutankhamen, Ramses II
FINAL!!!!!
What happens during the embalming and mummifying process? (you must name at least three things)
The physician or doctor would take out the person's insides and store them in a jar. Then, they would put salt all over the body and put spices inside of it. Then, they wrapped the body in linen (cloth) and buried them in a tomb or pyramid (rich) or a cave or sand (poor).