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

____________ is the pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt.

Narmer/Menes

100
The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.
polytheistic
100
The adviser to the pharaoh near the top of the social pyramid was called ____________.
the vizier
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

____________ was one of the few female pharaohs; she ruled instead of her stepson.

Hatshepsut 

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

The Great Pyramid was built for the pharaoh _______________.

Khufu

300

Who was the god of mummification?

Anubis 

300
A peasant is another word for an Egyptian ___________.
farmer
300
Large stone __________ were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pyramids
400
What are 3 SPECIFIC natural barriers that protected Egypt?

Sahara desert, Mediterranean Sea, 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

If the Egyptian embalmer did not do a good job what would happen the the mummy's soul in the afterlife?

It would not recognize and reunite with its body

400

What did the farmers do when they could not farm due to flooding.

building or construction projects for the pharaoh 
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 or both were in the fertile crescent

500
What does the word pharaoh translate to mean?

Great House 

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