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vocabulary #1
Pharaoh
after life
social classes
facts
100
system of writing over 700 symbols scribes spent 12 years of learning
What are hieroglyphics?
100
all powerful king in Ancient Egypt
What is a Pharaoh?
100
spirit - the soul that had to find the body in the afterlife
What is ka?
100
largest group of people
What are farmers and peasants?
100
Egypt's natural borders
What are the Sahara Desert, Eastern Desert, Cataracts, and Delta?
200
line of rulers from the same family
What is dynasty?
200
means great house
What is a Pharaoh?
200
body of a person after death
What is ba?
200
smallest group of people
What priests and nobelmen?
200
collection of spells and prayers
What is the book of the dead?
300
reed plant from the Nile River
What is papyrus?
300
taxes, fighting in battles, and ruling land
What are the jobs of a Pharaoh?
300
live for eternity - where the body was sent after death
What is the afterlife?
300
number of groups in the social class pyramid
What are six?
300
huge stone structure built by the Ancient Egyptians used as a tomb
What is a pyrmaid?
400
area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river
What is delta?
400
Egyptians would hold _____________ and _____________ for Pharaohs
What are rituals and customs?
400
body that has been embalmed and wrapped in linen
What is a mummy?
400
people could move to different social classes depending on their ___________________ and ___________________
What is wealth and education?
400
piece of stone with three different scripts gave us information about the daily life hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
longest river in the world connects upper and lower egypt
What is nile river?
500
most Pharaohs were buried here
what is the valley of the kings?
500
ceremony to determine who was allowed to enter the afterlife.
What is weighing of the heart?
500
each social group had a specific ____________
What is job function?
500
dependable predictable flooding protection farming easy to navigate
What is the Nile River?