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Vocab-lyphics
Rule on Ruler!
The "Land" of Egypt
Worship What?
Invent-o-matics
100
An Egyptian ruler was called this
What is a PHARAOH?
100
The pharaoh Hatshepsut is remembered for this
What is being the first woman pharaoh?
100
The Nile river is called "the lifeblood of Egypt" because it is surrounded by this type of soil
What is Fertile Soil?
100
Egyptians worshiped multiple gods, known as this type of religion
What is polytheism?
100
An irrigation tool that helped Egyptians get water to crops during dry season
What is a shadoof?
200
A triangular shaped building that pharaohs were often buried in
What is a PYRAMID?
200
Egypt's youngest pharaoh, dying while still in his teens
Who is King Tut?
200
Three natural defenses of Egypt
What are Deserts, the Nile Delta, and Cataracts
200
A god known for inventing embalming and and the process of mummification
What is Anubis?
200
A system of writing called hieroglyphics developed using these two parts
What are shapes (pictures) and sounds?
300
A strong flood or rush of water
What is a CATARACT?
300
Akenhaten forced Egyptians into this type of religion.
What is Monotheism?
300
Appeared in Nubia around 6000 BC
What are hunting and fishing communities?
300
This book told Egyptians how to make it into the afterlife
What is the Book of the Dead?
300
This process is used to preserve Egyptians for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
400
Reeds formed an Egyptian form of paper called this
What is PAPYRUS?
400
Before changing his name, Akhenatan was known as this
Who is Amenhotep?
400
In about 5000 BC, farming communities appeared here
What is the Nile Delta
400
The one God that Akhenatan made Egyptians worship
Who is Aton?
400
This kind of boat uses wind power, making it easy for Egyptians to get up and down the Nile.
What is a sailboat?
500
Rich soil left after flood waters from the Nile went back down.
What is SILT?
500
Pharaohs were the religious and political leaders of Egypt; a form of government called this
What is a theocracy?
500
What are the two main sources of the Nile River?
What is the White Nile and the Blue Nile?
500
Religion played an important part Egyptian life because it helped explain these
What are natural events?
500
A body was packed full of fruits and spices during this process.
What is the embalming process?