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GODS!
100
What natural barrier protects the Egyptian people from invaders on both sides of the Nile River?
desert
100
____________ was the Egyptian style of government in which government and religion are combined. The Pharaoh was thought to be divine.
theocracy
100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100

What shape symbolizes the social classes in Egypt?

What is the pyramid? 

100
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called ______________.
irrigation
100

This god created Earth, Heaven, the Underworld, and all of the gods and living creatures that inhabit these three worlds.

Who is Ra? 

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
200

Name the goddess married to Osiris. 

Who is Isis?

300
The Egyptians depended on the annual flooding of the Nile River to make the land _________.
rich and fertile
300
In Ancient Egypt, the job you had as an adult was assigned to you at ___________.
birth
300
What is the term that means "belief in one god?"
monotheistic
300

This free section of Egypt's social pyramid was never able to rest. After their main job was done they had to go on to another job. 

farmer

300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
300

This god was present during the mummification process. 

Who is Anubis? 

400
What is a natural barrier? What were the 3 that protected Egypt?
desert, 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

What was done with the four organs removed from the body during mummification? 

What are Canopic Jars? 
400

This group was known for its skills in pottery, painting, sculpture, and jewelry. 

What are artisans. 

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
400

This god is a brother to Osiris and reigned over the desert. Evil was his middle name! 

Who is Set? 

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

1. The Egyptians traded goods for goods, a system called ____________. 2. What bodies of water other than the Nile River did they use to trade with neighbors? 

1. bartering 2. civilizations along the Red and Mediterranean Seas

500

During the mummification ceremony, what is weighed against the Feather of Truth? 

What is the heart? 

500
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
500
The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _________. a. value of artwork b. agricultural diversity c. religion and the afterlife
c. religion and the afterlife
500

Thoth could appear in three different forms. Name them.

Man with ibis (bird) head

Man with a human head

Baboon