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100
What part of Egypt is located in the south?
Upper Egypt
100
What group of people were the only ones who could read or write?
Scribes
100
What is the ancient Egyptian system of writing?
Hieroglyphics
100
Why is the body packed with linen during the process of mummification?
To add shape and dry the body out.
100
What are some of the things that the pharaoh did as the ruler of Egypt?
1. Made laws 2. Owned all the land 3. Defended Egypt from foreigners
200
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
200
Which direction does the power move when looking at the social pyramid.
The power moves up the social pyramid
200
What system was used by the ancient Egyptians to trade food, goods, and services?
The bartering system
200
How many days was the body soaked in Natron?
40 days
200
Who had the most power in the government?
The pharaoh
300
What part of Egypt is located in the North?
Lower Egypt
300
What did all the farmers work on when The Nile River was flooding?
They would help build the pyramids
300
Was their any money used by the ancient Egyptians?
No
300
Why did the ancient Egyptians want to mummify their bodies?
To have them in the afterlife.
300
Who would become the next Pharaoh if the current pharaoh died?
The child of the pharaoh or a family member.
400
What is a delta?
A very fertile, flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
400
Which social class carried products such as gold, papyrus, linen cloth, and jewelry to other countries?
Merchants
400
How did the ancient Egyptians keep track of who paid their taxes?
The scribes would keep records.
400
Why was Ra such an important god?
He gave life to the Earth.
400
Who was the king the unified Upper and Lower Egypt?
King Menes
500
Between which months does The Nile River flood?
October through July
500
What is the determining factor that separated the ancient Egyptians into social classes?
Their jobs
500
What did the ancient Egyptians do with their surplus of crops?
The ancient Egyptians would trade their surplus of crops.
500
Which god weighed the heart in the afterlife?
Anubis
500
Where was Egypt's capital city?
Memphis