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Geography
Pyramids
Key Figures
Mummification
Comparing to Mesopotamia
100
Workers who did the labor to build the pyramids
Farmers
100
The major key figures of Egypt were these _______ means "Great House" and the title given to leaders of the Egyptian people
Pharaoh
100
Person who does the steps of mummification
Embalmers
100
The Egyptians has the Nile as their major river, while the Mesopotamians has these two rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
200
The Nile begins in the South and heads North. The Nile joins this sea at the end of its journey North.
Mediterrian Sea
200
Used this to help transport the stone blocks to the site of the pyramid (do not say boats or logs)
Nile River
200
Built the Great Pyramid
Kufhu
200
First step in the process of mummification
Removal of the brain
200
Cuniform was the major system of writing in Mesopotamia, while this was the system of writing in Egypt
Hieroglyphics
300
This area of the Nile is found just before it joins the Mediterrian Sea. It is a area of rich, fertile and marshy land.
Nile Delta
300
Why did the Egyptians place the personal belongings of their Pharaoh with the body of the dead pharaoh?
To provide pleasure in the afterlife
300
Built the White Chapel
Senusret
300
Kept in _______ after these major organs were removed from the body
Canopic Jars
300
A structure that resembles the pyramids of ancient Egypt in Mesopotamia in its shape was the
Ziggurats
400
This desert is found on the west of the Nile River. It protected the ancient Egyptians from invaders
Western Desert
400
The challenge of finding the direction north led the Egyptians to discover
the 365-day calendar
400
First female pharaoh
Hatshepsut
400
This mixture was used to remove the moisture from the body
Natron
400
The ancient Egyptians used this plant to make paper while the Mesopotamians used clay tablets
Papyraus
500
The Nile deposited this which helped to make the soil fertile for crops.
Silt
500
What challenge led the Egyptians to create a system of written numbers and fractions (there are two)
Angle of Pyramid and Number of Blocks needed
500
Reigned for 67 years. Military leader
Rames II
500
This organ was kept in the body. It was considered the sacred
Heart
500
Both the Egyptians and Mesopotamians practiced worshiping many gods which is called
Polytheism