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Religion Part 2
History
100

Egypt was called the gift of what by the Greeks

the Nile

100

____________ was the Egyptian style of government in which government and religion are combined. The Pharaoh was thought to be divine.

monarchy

100

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

polytheistic

100

Lord of air

Horus

100

There are how many main periods in Egyptian history 

4

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

wife of Osiris 

Isis

200
___________ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians.
hieroglypics
300

The Egyptians depended on this every year to make the land rich and fertile

flooding

300

The largest group of the Egyptian social classes 

servants/slaves

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

both a concept and goddess

maat

300

Pyramids were built for what purpose?

tombs and projecting power 

400

The Nile spills into this sea

Mediterranean Sea

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

This is the Egyptian god of mummification

Aubis

400

Judge of the dead

osiris

400

This was built to house the pharoahs after pyramids stopped being built

valley of the kings

500

The Egypt produced more of this crop than any other nation, giving it the nickname the bread basket of the world

wheat

500

often times this position was more important than the pharaoh, as they often did much of the ruling.

Vizier

500

This was the Egyptian god of chaos

Set

500

creature that guards the great pyramids

the sphynx 

500

First Pharaoh to deny the Egyptian gods and become a monotheist 

Akhenaten