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Vocabulary
Ancient Egyptian Society
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Geography
Misc.
100
A King of Ancient Egypt
What is a 'Pharaoh'
100
What kinds of people are a class above the farmers, servants, and slaves? = merchants and artisans
Who are merchants and artisans
100
Ancient Egyptians believed the gods controlled what?
What is 'Everything'
100
What two big seas are nestled near Egypt?
What is Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
100
Name two things that made Hatshepsut’s rule different from that of most of the other pharaohs
What is 'she was a woman, she wore a beard and traditional male pharaoh clothing, she introduced frankincense and myrrh to Egypt, she engaged in lots of trading and she avoided war'
200
A body that has been preserved so that it will not decompose
What is a 'mummy'
200
Most Ancient Egyptians were this class of people
Who are 'farmers'
200
Name one thing Egyptians did to please the gods
What is built temples , offered prayers, offered gifts
200
What continent is Egypt on?
What is Africa
200
What two colors were on the pharaoh’s headdress representing Upper and Lower Egypt?
What is 'Red & White'
300
People who kept records
Who are 'scribes'
300
2) Most Ancient Egyptians were this class of people
What are 'farmers'
300
Egyptian gods were depicted with what kind of heads?
What is 'animal' (lion, crocodile, baboon)
300
Name something that makes the Nile River unique
What is 'longest river in the world; flows north'
300
What is the name of the vast desert through which the Nile river flows?
What is the 'Sahara Desert'
400
The worship of many gods or deities
What is 'polytheism'
400
4) According to the textbook, what kinds of people typically became slaves?
Prisoners taken in war and people with debts
400
What is the name of the god of love, caring, and protection?
Who is 'Isis'
400
4) Delta
What is 'an area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river'
400
Why did Egyptians feel so strongly that their bodies needed to be preserved?
What is 'so that their spirit would recognize their body'
500
A strong feeling of love, loyalty, or commitment
What is 'devotion'
500
Why could some people take jobs other than farming?
What is 'Because they were more skilled'
500
What two things did the Egyptians believe prepared them for a happy afterlife?
What is living a good life/ a sinless life and having their bodies preserved after death
500
Dark, fertile soils near the near the Nile River
What is 'the Black Land'
500
A series of rulers from the same family is called a what?
What is 'a dynasty'