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100
Ancient Egypt is located on what present day continent?
 Africa
100
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh


100
The Egyptians believed in a term now as a life after death. What is this term?
afterlife
100
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds?
Hieroglyphs or heiroglyphics
100

What is slavery?

the practice of one person owning another person.

200
What was the main source of water for the Egyptians and what made this source so unique when compared to others?
What is the Nile River? What is the longest river in the world or flows north?
200
Who was Narmer and when did he rule?

He was the first king of Egypt who unified the country peacefully at the beginning of the First Dynastic Period. He ruled during the Early Dynastic Period.

200
Blank is referred to as the chief god of all of the ancient Egyptian gods.
Who is Amon-Re or Ray?
200

What is papyrus?

An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; the plant used to make paper.

200

the way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.

What is economy?

300
What is the "Black Land" and "Red Land"?
What is Kemet? (dark soil left by Nile's floods) What is a Desert?
300

Who did Cleopatra marry?

1. Ptolemy XIII 

2. Ptolemy XIV

3. Julius Caesar 

4. Mark Antony 

300
What is the perserved boyd of a deat person?
What is mummification?
300

What is the social pyramid of Egyptian society?

The social structure of ancient Egypt can be sorted into a social pyramid. At the top of the social pyramid was the pharaoh with the government officials, nobles and priests below him/her. The third tier consisted of the scribes and soldiers with the middle class in the fourth level. Peasants were the fifth tier of society with slaves making up the lowest social class.

300

a group of people who go on a trip for a set reason.

What is an expedition?

400
A triangular plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water and is often used as farm land.
What is a delta?
400
Who is scorpion?
The lower Egypt ruler.
400
This god was in charge of weighing the hearts of one's soul against the feather of truth.
Who is Anubis?
400

Who are the Peasants?

People who formed the largest group of people in Egyptian society.

400

the joining of separate parts into one.

What is unification?

500
Ancient merchants would travel south towards Nubia on boat in hopes of trading but would often have to stop and travel by foot because of what physical barrier?
What is cataract?
500
What was the usual tomb of a pharaoh and give an example?
What is a pyramid? Pyramids of Giza
500

What is the social pyramid of Egyptian society?

The social structure of ancient Egypt can be sorted into a social pyramid. At the top of the social pyramid was the pharaoh with the government officials, nobles and priests below him/her. The third tier consisted of the scribes and soldiers with the middle class in the fourth level. Peasants were the fifth tier of society with slaves making up the lowest social class.

500

Describe the process of mummification

Insert a hook through a hole near the nose and pull out part of the brain

Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy

Remove all internal organs

Let the internal organs dry

Place the lungs, intestines, stomach and liver inside canopic jars

Place the heart back inside the body

Rinse inside of body with wine and spices

Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days

After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape

After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages

Place in a sarcophagus (a type of box like a coffin)

If the person had been a Pharaoh, he would be placed inside his special burial chamber with lots of treasure!