Egypt heberta Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt? | King Menes |
What Happened in the Old Kingdom? | Money spent on public works order was restored. |
What happened in the Middle Kingdom? | Built the pyramids. At the end it became weak and divided. |
What happened in the New Kingdom? | There was a focus on expanding the empire, and money was spent on wars. |
Cataract | A large waterfall |
Delta | A plain at the mouth of a river. |
Silt | Fine soil found on river bottoms |
Papyrus | Early form of paper |
Pharaoh | The king |
Dynasty | A series of rulers from same family |
Absolute power | Complete control |
Regent | Someone who rules for a child |
Afterlife | Life after death |
Mummy | Preserved dead body |
Pyramid | Triangle shaped tomb |
Giza | Ancient city |
Astronomer | A scientist who studies the sky |
Calendar | Used to predict floods |
Rosetta Stone | A stone used for decoding hieroglyphs. Top-Hieroglyphs Middle-Demotic Bottom-Greek |
What body parts did they not remove during mummification? Why? | Heart, Stomach, Lungs. Vital for life. |
How did we learn to read hieroglyphs? | The Rosetta Stone |
Why did the people mummify? | To preserve the body for the afterlife |
What is the social class pyramid? | Pharaoh Vizier High priests, Nobles Scribes, Soldiers Craftsmen Farmers |
Why was the Nile important to the people of Egypt? | It gave them water to drink, bathe. It gave them fresh silt for crops. |
Black Land | Land near the Nile |
Red Land | The desert; far from Nile |
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