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Vocabulary
Geography
Religion
Old Kingdom
Pharaohs
100
Life after death.
What is the afterlife?
100
Brought life to Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
100
The sun god.
Who was Re or Amon-Re?
100
Believed to be a god and king.
Who was the pharaoh?
100
Best known for the monuments that were built to him.
Who was Khufu?
200
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.
What are mummies?
200
The triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river.
What is a delta?
200
God of the Underworld.
Who was Osiris?
200
People of wealth and power, they could afford to have mummies made.
Who are the elite?
200
Most government officials came from this.
What is the pharaoh's family?
300
People of wealth and power.
Who are the elite?
300
Strong rapids.
What are cataracts?
300
A person's life force.
What is a ka?
300
Pointing to the sky, this symbolized the Pharaoh's journey to the afterlife.
What is a pyramid?
300
Egypt's first pharaoh.
Who was Menes?
400
People from rich and powerful families.
Who are nobles?
400
Without these, people could never have settled in Egypt. This brought silt to the land.
What are floods?
400
Everyone was expected to worship them daily.
Who are the gods?
400
These designs were found in Egyptian art.
What is Sumerian?
400
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
500
This period of time lasted from 2700 BC - 2200 BC.
What is the Old Kingdom?
500
These were built to direct the flow of the Nile and carry water to the fields.
What are canals?
500
This was a complex process that took several weeks.
What is embalming?
500
80% of the population.
Who were the farmers?
500
The pharaoh was at the top of this.
What is the social structure?