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Egypt
World History Chapter 5 Egypt
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| The Book of the Dead | To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the __________________. |
| medicine | The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to publish books describing advances in the field of ______________. |
| calendar | While building the pyramids, the Egyptians developed a _____________, with 365 days. |
| King Khufu | The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh? |
| theocracy | In a(n) ____________________, the ruler is both a political and religious leader. |
| bureaucrats | Government officials appointed by the pharaoh, called ____________________, carried out his orders. |
| embalming | Knowledge learned from ____________________ helped Egyptians develop medical knowledge. |
| pyramids | Archaeologists study the ____________________ to learn about life in ancient Egypt. |
| middle | Traders, artisans, and scribes made up ancient Egypt’s ____________________ class. |
| the lifeblood | The Nile has been called “___________________" Egypt, because of the fertile soil for farming. |
| spring flood | Egyptians took advantage of the Nile’s yearly _______________ and became successful farmers. |
| dynasty | The type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C. was a ________________. |
| organized government | What was the effect of increased farming and trade? |
| papyrus | A reed plant used to make paper. |
| cataract | dangerous, rocky, fast-moving water. |
| delta | A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea. |
| dynasty | A line of rulers from one family line. |
| hieroglyphics | The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas. |
| shadoof | A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins. |
| Narmer | He unified Egypt by marrying a princess from lower Egypt. |
| pharaoh | The general term for a ruler in ancient Egypt. |
| bureaucrat | A government official. |
| embalming | The process of treating the body to keep it from decaying. |
| pyramid | A great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh. |
| isolated | Separate from others. |
| Kemet | Term meaning "black land", where early Egyptians lived. |
| Re | Egyptian sun god |
| Hapi | Egyptian river god |
| Isis and Osiris | These two gods ruled over the world of the dead. |
| natron | Priests covered the body in this kind of salt, which helped to dry a body. |
| Bastet | Goddess of cats, women and children,goddess of pleasure. |
| Anubis | God of funerals and protector of the dead |
| Seth | God of darkness, chaos, and confusion |
| Bes | Protected women in childbirth |
| Sekhmet | Goddess of medicine |
| Horus | Sky god |
| Hatshepsut | She was one of the few women to rule Egypt she avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy. |
| Ramses II | This Egyptian ruler built many new temples during the new Kingdom period |
| Red Sea | The pharaohs had a canal built between the Nile and this sea |
| Hyksos | Egyptians learned how to steer horse-drawn chariots from them. |
| incense | A material burned for its pleasant smell |
| envoys | representatives |
| Thutmose | Egyptian armies captured nearly 350 cities during his reign |
| Amenhotep | He tried, unsuccessfully, to change Egypt's religion. |
| Sahara | The Nubian people came from the African savannas south of this area |
| Kerma | This Nubian kingdom was formed when stronger villages overtook weaker ones |
| Kush | They eventually conquered Egypt |
| Assyrians | Took over the rule of Egypt form the Kush |
| Napata | the first city from which the earliest Kushite kings ruled |
| savanna | grassy plains, that stretch across Africa south of the Sahara |
| iron furnaces | Meroë, however, was different from a typical Egyptian city because it contained these |