Vocabulary
The gigantic famous tombs of great pharaohs, many of which stand today.
What are the pyramids?
The Egyptians charted the large, bright rocks in the sky.
What are stars?
The title given to Egyptian rulers.
What is a pharaoh?
What is Africa?
These were the people lowest on the social structure chart, often were prisoners of war.
Who are slaves?
The Ancient Egyptian form writing that uses a combination of letters and symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
The material Egyptian weapons were made of.
What is metal?
Pharaohs had this type of power, they controlled all aspects of society.
What is absolute power?
The Nile was at the center of this. They had many gods and goddesses involving water and the river itself.
What is religion?
The purpose of mummification and putting various items in the tomb with the dead body.
What is to prepare it for the after life?
A body that has dead been dried out, wrapped up, as part of preparation for the afterlife.
What is a mummy?
Egyptians invented one of the earliest forms of paper, named after the plant it is made from
What is Papyrus?
This "Boy King" took the throne at 9 and died at the young of 18.
Who is King Tut?
Except for land near the Nile, Egypt had this dry, hot type of climate.
What is a desert?
The people in Ancient Egypt who could read and write, a rare skill at this time.
Who are scribes?
Money paid to support the government, in Ancient Egypt there was no currency so it was paid in the form of crops.
What is a tax?
Egyptians created the __________ that has 365 days.
What is a calendar?
Pharaohs were looked at as living versions of these and therefore were the head of religion.
What is a god?
The Nile River is the only river that flows in this direction.
What is south to north?
Read specific spells and prayers during mummification, had large amount of religious authority.
Who are priests?
A religion which worships more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
This stone allowed scholars to translate hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What is the Valley of the Kings?
Egyptians built these to control the floods of the Nile.
Canals, dams, and or walls
Term for those who stole valuables from the tombs of the pharaohs.
Who are tomb raiders?