Vocab 1
Northern Africa is Mostly covered by the _______________________ (Geographic feature)
Sahara Desert
Explain how the social classes worked to help each other.
Ruling class advises the pharaoh. Middle class provides goods and services to the ruling class. Provide crops t=for themselves and the government officials.
Powerful egyptian kings are called?
Pharaohs
Writing system is called?
Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egypt developed along the ___________________ (geographic Feature)
Nile River
This simple invention allowed farmers to easily pull water up from river to be taken to different areas of their land
Irrigation
How do we know so much about the Egyptian culture?
Answer may very: Looking at artifacts, Finding tombs, Looking at records from scribes
Explain the Egyptian Astronomy and what it let to
Study of stars that led to a 365 day calender
Which Kingdom?
Pharaohs were buried in hidden vaults in the Valley of the Kings
New Kingdom
As a result of ________ Egyptian farmers produced an abundance of food.
A. Agricultural Practices
B. Economic Growth
C. Nile River
Agricultural Practices
Centers for trade:
Upper:
Lower:
Upper: Thebes
Lower: Memphis
Answer may very
What geographic characteristics limited Egyptian settlements to land along the Nile?
Egypt was surrounded by the Deserts.
What was Nubia to Upper and Lower Egypt
Trading partners and Egypt eventually took over
What was the paper like material used called?
Papyrus
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
First female pharaoh after her husband passed away. Focused on created relationships. Acted and dress like a male.
How did the Nile's flooding benefit Egyptian agriculture?
It replenished the land with fertile soil for crops
What was the Sphinx at Giza?
Lion body and human head
Huge architecture 200 ft long, and 60 ft tall
Reminded them of the mythical creatures
Which Kingdom?
King Tut ruled
New Kingdom
Name three jobs under the middle class
merchants, soldier, scribes, and doctors
Form of government ruled by a priest is called?
Theocracy
Explain the process of mummifaction
step 1: remove organs and put in jar and leave body with heart
step 2: Body was covered in salf to remove liquid
step 3: Body was wrapped in layers of linen bandages
step 4: body and jar were placed in a coffin called a sarcophagus
step 5: Coffin was placed in a tomb
Egyptian religion was ____________________. They believed in __________ god(s)
Polytheistic and Many
What is the duties of Pharaohs in Egyptian society?
Controlled all aspects of government and religion
Lower class was made up of _______________ and slaves
Explain the lives of prisoners of war and slaves
Peasants
Answers will very: They could buy themselves into slavery and work off debt.