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Pharaohs
Geography
Religion
Government
Culture
100
Who was the last ruler of Egypt?
Cleopatra
100
Provided rich fertile soil with its seasonal flooding
What is the Nile river?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
The title given to the ruler in Ancient Egypt
What is pharaoh
100
Ancient Egyptian writing using symbols to represent words.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
This boy pharaoh's tomb was found completely intact by Howard Carter.
Who is Tutankhamen
200
97% of Egypt's geography is made up of this
What is desert
200
Considered a necessity after death in order to ensure a safe passage into the afterlife.
What is mummification?
200
A government influenced by religion or a person thought to be divine
What is a theocracy?
200
The 3 periods in which Ancient Egypt's history is divided.
What is the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?
300
This pharaoh attempted to make Egypt monotheistic for a time, worshipping only the god Aten.
Who is Ahkenaten (Amenhotep IV)
300
Egypt's capital moved between these two cities.
What are Memphis and Thebes?
300
The belief in only one god
What is monotheism?
300
People trained in the art of hieroglypics. They were charged with recording Egyptian's history and culture.
Who were scribes?
300
Comprised the majority of the bottom portion of the social class pyramid, were forced to work for free.
What are slaves?
400
Many pharaohs married siblings to keep power in the family. A line of family rulers is called this.
What is a dynasty?
400
Egyptians created this system to get water from Nile to their crops
What is irrigation?
400
One of the two spirits, this is said to be an individual's personality
What is the ba?
400
The pharaoh's top aid. They carried out the decrees of the pharaoh and made sure people did as they were told.
Who was the vizier?
400
Allowed historians to decode hieroglyphics and learn about Egyptian culture.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
He united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
500
A natural drying agent that was mined and used in the mummification process.
What is natron?
500
One of two spirits, it is said to be a person's life force
What is the ka?
500
They had the responsibility of maintaining the temples, conducting religious ceremonies, and communicating with the gods.
Who were the priests?
500
The ability to move up and down the social class pyramid based on the choices one makes.
What is social mobility?