RELIGION & AFTERLIFE
The Egyptians believed the pharaoh was both a king and a ______.
What is a god?
Why did Herodotus call Egypt “the gift of the Nile”?
What is the Nile brought life and fertile soil to the region?
Give one example of an artisan.
What is a painter / metalworker / jewelry maker?
Name one Egyptian achievement.
What is hieroglyphics / solar calendar / pyramids / mummification?
What example of trade shows Egypt interacting with others?
What is exchanging goods for resources they lacked?
Egyptian religion was based on belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
How did cataracts both help AND harm Egypt?
What is they protected Egypt from invaders but prevented sailing on parts of the river?
Scribes were considered lower class. True or False?
What is false? (They were higher than farmers.)
What made the Rosetta Stone so important?
What is it helped decode hieroglyphics?
Why was trade so important for Egypt?
What is it provided resources they couldn’t produce themselves?
Why did Egyptians fill tombs with food, art, jewelry, and treasure?
What is because they believed the dead enjoyed these items in the afterlife?
Who would Egyptians blame if crops failed or disease struck?
What is the pharaoh?
Place these social classes in order from highest to lowest:
Farmers/Servants/Enslaved
Nobles/Priests
Scribes/Craftspeople
Pharaoh
Pharaoh → Nobles/Priests → Scribes/Craftspeople → Farmers/Servants/Enslaved
How did writing systems like hieroglyphics and cuneiform impact societies?
What is they increased the spreading of ideas?
Which civilization believed their leader’s ka (spirit) stayed with the body?
What is Egypt?
How did religious beliefs affect burial practices?
What is they believed the spirit remained linked to the body, so they mummified it?
What caused the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?
What is military expansion and the establishment of trade routes?
What were 3 jobs of government in Egypt?
What is create laws, oversee building projects, collect taxes?
Who unified Upper & Lower Egypt and became the first pharaoh?
What is Menes?
Which items below were commonly traded in ancient Egypt?
What is gold, grain, papyrus, linen, etc.?
What best describes the pharaoh’s religious role?
What is the pharaoh was viewed as a god on earth and Egypt’s religious leader?
How did trade benefit Egypt?
What is it provided valuable resources and improved quality of life?
What types of government did Egypt have?
What is Theocracy + Monarchy + Dictatorship (strong rulers)?
How did Hatshepsut transform Egypt?
What is she strengthened Egypt through trade?
What caused the growth of trade in the New Kingdom?
What is expansion of Egypt's empire by military conquests, and establishment of trade.