Geography
Fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river.
What is a Delta?
Life after death
What is the "afterlife"
Egyptian writing system that used symbols to communicate sounds, words, and ideas.
What is hieroglyphics?
System of government ruled by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
True or False: Ancient Egypt was originally divided into two separate kingdoms; the northern half was called Upper Egypt and the southern half was called Lower Egypt.
True
Traditionally considered the longest river in the world, with a length of over 4,000 miles, and made civilization possible in Egypt and Kush.
What is the Nile River?
Who was the god of the sun that created the world and people in Egyptian mythology?
Stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top.
What is a pyramid?
Ruler of Ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
The most common job in Ancient Egypt.
What was a farmer?
False. The Nile River flows from the south to the north.
What was the primary reason for mummification in ancient Egypt?
The belief that a person’s body must still exist so the spirit can go to the afterlife.
Paper material made from the reeds of a plant along the Nile River.
What is papyrus?
Why was the pharaoh considered the most important leader in ancient Egypt?
The people believed that the pharaoh was a god.
Which position in Egypt's social hierarchy included builders, carpenters, jewelers, metalworkers, painters, sculptors, and stonecutters?
Why did the Ancient Egyptians live along the Nile River?
The Egyptians could farm all year long using the floods of the Nile River.
Why were the pyramids filled with gold, jewelry, and other valuable possessions of the pharaoh?
The pyramids were storage areas for these materials so the pharaoh’s spirit could enjoy them in the afterlife.
True or False: The ancient Egyptians constructed the pyramids out of limestone that weighed several tons and thousands of workers built them without wheels, cranes, and other technology.
True
How does the transfer of power work in a dynasty?
The title of pharaoh is passed down to a younger relative or another chosen successor.
Why did the ancient Egyptians eventually stop building the pyramids?
It was expensive to build the pyramids and they were targeted by tomb robbers.
Why did the majority of the ancient Egyptians settle around the Nile Delta?
The area received a lot of rainfall each year for growing crops.
What were the powers of the god named Anubis in Egyptian mythology?
mummification & cemeteries
Natron was used in the mummification process to...
Natron was a salt that was used to dry out the mummy.
Which position in Egypt's social hierarchy was the second-in-command whose responsibilities included supervising the courts, tax collections, pyramid construction, and government officials?
What is a vizier?
How were historians able to use the Rosetta Stone to decode hieroglyphics?
It had the same statement written in both hieroglyphics and Greek.