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

Government based on non elected officials (governed 42 provinces)

What is a Bureaucracy?

100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100
Which social class did not have any rights?
slaves
100

This was the name of the star Egyptians tracked for yearly flooding, and create an accurate 365 day calendar.

What is the star, Sirius?

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
This civilization is credited for ending the Egyptian run of dominance.

What is Persian Empire?

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

In Ancient Egypt, the two activities that were most important to the strength of their economy:

What is trade and farming?

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

Which social class made up the majority of the population

farmer

300

These were built as the burial places for the Pharaohs 

pyramids

400

What were 3 barriers that protected Egypt?

desert, Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea, cataracts

400
______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.
dynasty
400

Why would one be buried with objects?

As they can take these objects with them into the afterlife

400
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?
scribes
400

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

What is irrigation?

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

Artisans were employed by this, which is how they made much of their money.

Government/temples

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

This person was from ___________ and ended the Persian Reign over Egypt. 

What is Macedonia and who is Alexander the Great?

500

This discovery allowed for Historians to learn how to read hieroglyphics, and was written in three languages: Hieroglyphics, A later form of Egyptian and Greek.

What is the Rosetta Stone?