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Vocabulary
People/Gods
Culture
Geography
Economy
100
preserved, wrapped body
What is a mummy?
100
the most important god to the Egyptians
Who is Ra/Re?
100
this process was used to make sure the Egyptians made it to the after life
What is mummification?
100
this river flows north to south
What is the Nile?
100
the economy of Egypt
What agriculture economy?
200
an enormous stone tomb
What is a a pyramid?
200
pharaoh who wanted Egyptians to believe in one god
Who is Akhenaten?
200
these were built as tombs to honor pharaohs
What are pyramids?
200
along with the Nile, this landform helped keep intruders out of Egypt
What are deserts?
200
two of Egypt's major products
What are barley and emmer?
300
a kind of paper made from reed plants
What is papyrus?
300
said to have united upper and lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
300
the average weight of a block to build the pyramids
What is two tons?
300
this happened each year making it possible for the Egyptians to grow crops
What is the flooding of the Nile?
300
the pharaoh collected parts of what was grown and made because the Egyptians had to pay this
What are taxes?
400
means "great house" or palace, but came to mean "ruler"
What is pharaoh?
400
first female pharaoh; took the throne from Thutmose II
Who is Hatshepsut?
400
the discovery of this allowed us to understand more about life in Egypt
What is the Rosetta Stone?
400
located in the Nile, made travel very difficult
What are cataracts?
400
Egypt was also considered this economy because they had no money
What is a barter economy?
500
a pictures or symbols that represent ideas, sounds, or objects
What are hieroglyphics?
500
group who defeated the Egyptians with their new technology in the Middle Kingdom
Who are the Hyksos?
500
this Frenchman translated the Rosetta Stone, which allowed us to understand more about Egypt's culture
Who is Jean Francios Champollion?
500
the sea that the Nile flows into
What is the Mediterranean?
500
these people worked on building projects during the flood season since they couldn't farm
Who are almost all Egyptians?