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100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
100

What was the most common job in ancient Egypt?

farmer

100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100

What was the coffin called that ancient Egyptian mummies were placed in?

sarcophagus

100
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
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. What was this process called?
mummification
200
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
300
The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.
rich and fertile
300

What shape makes up the base or the bottom of a pyramid?

square

300
What is the term that means "belief in one god?"
monotheistic
300

Which social class did not have any rights?

slaves

300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400
What is a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?
desert, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea
400

How was the brain removed during mummification?

Through the nose

400

Ancient Egyptians believed that the gods weighed WHAT part of the human body to determine if a person was worthy of entering the afterlife?

the heart

400

Which organ was NOT removed from the body during mummification?

heart

400

The Egyptians and the Sumerians both had a system of writing that used pictures or symbols. However, the Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on ________ and the Sumerians wrote Cuneiform on ____________.

paper/papyrus clay tablets

500
How were the early Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations similar in terms of where they settled?
near fresh water and fertile soil
500

Name one city from ancient Egypt.

Memphis, Cairo, Giza, Thebes

500
When mummifying a body what organ do you leave inside the body?
the heart
500

What was the Rosetta Stone?

A stone tablet found with the same phrase written in both Greek and Hieroglyphics that helped archaeologists decipher and read Egyptian hieroglyphics.

500

What was papyrus used to make?

paper