Pharaohs
What is a Pharaoh?
The most important leader in Egypt
What is the name of the Egyptian Writing System?
Hieroglyphics
Which of the following specialized jobs required the ability to use hieroglyphics?
scribes
Both Mesopotamia and Egypt worshipped more than one god. What is the name of that belief?
Polytheism
What is the belief that there is life once a pharaoh dies?
After-life
True or False
Queen Hatshepsut (hat•SHEHP•SOOT) was the first woman to rule as pharaoh. She encouraged the expansion of trade in Egypt
True
What did the Egyptians create to help with the flooding?
Created an Irrigation system by building dams and canals
What was the purpose of the tombs in Egypt?
They were the burial place for the Pharaohs
How was the government with who ruled DIFFERENT in mesopotamia and in Egypt? Think of what the rulers were called not exact names
Mesopotamia had kings and Egypt has pharaohs
What is a Sarcophagus
the coffin that the pharaohs would be buried in
Why was Namer an important Pharaoh?
He became the first ever pharaoh by uniting north and south Egypt
They Egyptians would use the reed plant to make paper. What is the name of the paper?
Papyrus
What is Famine?
Lack of food, no food
Both Mesopotamians and Egyptians built their settlements near river valleys. Why were these rivers important to both civilizations?
They would flood the lands and then provide silt which made it fertile
What is polytheism
The belief in many gods
Even though King Tut did not rule for long, what TWO reasons made him a famous Pharaoh?
He was the youngest pharaoh and the discover of his intact tomb
What is the name of the agricultural tool that helps the Egyptians take water out of the rivers?
Shadoof
What helped Egypt from invasions of enemies and animals? Only need one answer
Cataracts and Deserts
What is one way that the agricultural flooding in Mesopotamia and Egypt were different?
Mesopotamia's floods were unpredictable and Egypts floods were very predictable
What was the purpose of The Great Sphinx
To protect the pyramids
What major change did Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) of the New Kingdom try to make in Egypt?
He wanted to change the religion to the belief in only one god (Aten the sun god)
Name an invention or advancement that the building of pyramids lead to thanks to studying Astronomy.
the number system based on 10 and the calendar
unskilled workers and slaves
What similarities do BOTH the Egyptians and Mesopotamian civilizations have in common?
Written Language Belief in more than one god
Building Pyramids Belief in the after-life
Written Language and belief in more than one god
Egypt was a Theocracy. Meaning the pharaoh was both a ________ and ________ leader.
Both the political and religious leader