Egypt Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Process to get to the Land of Two Fields?	first mummify bodies, Second do good deeds to get Osiris's approval for the Afterlife.
Delta	land formed from sediment deposited at mouth of a river.
Bureaucracy	System of official/officials that handle government business.
Nile River importance?	It flooded yearly, deposited water and silt, making fertile soil for farming.
Great Pyramid of Giza for who?	Built for pharaoh Khufu, was the tallest manmade structure for 3800 years.
Who unified Upper and Lower Egypt?	King Menes unified Upper/Lower Egypt around 3100 BC.
Papyrus	writing material made from a reed found along the Nile River. ''Paper''
Hieroglyphics	drawing/symbol that represents a world/sound.
Cartouche on coffins ?	Believed their Ba and Ka needed to find their way back to their tomb/body
Egypt's River	The Nile River.
Sumerian and Egyptian similarities?	They were both polytheists, with many different gods
Polytheism	belief in/worship of more than one god
Steps Ani took to survive the Underworld?	Paid for mummification/scarab amulet/protection spells.Bought Book of the Dead to avoid monsters. Scarab amulet protected him while he was tested/ heart weighed. Got
Trade between Egypt and Kush?	Through trade, Kush adopted Egyptian culture/religion.
Dynasty	ruling family, passes down power from one member to another.
Cataracts	rocky rapids along the upper Nile River.
Egyptian Religion -Mummification?	Their religion taught that they needed their body in the Afterlife.
Pharaoh	king/queen of Egypt.
Great Pyramids-Egypt's greatest achievements?	Largest/tallest man-made structures for thousands of years, required vast coordination/workers, and required vast amounts of heavy building materials/labor.
The Rosetta Stone	granite slab, found by French Soldiers in 1799 had Hieroglyphics, Demotic Script, and ancient Greek. Allowed us to translate /read ancient Egyption.

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Fields	Process to get to the Land of Two _____?	1	0	true
Delta	Answer: land formed from sediment deposited at mouth of a river.	2	0	false
handle	System of official/officials that _____ government business.	3	1	true
Nile River importance?	Answer: It flooded yearly, deposited water and silt, making fertile soil for farming.	4	0	false
manmade	Built for pharaoh Khufu, was the tallest _____ structure for 3800 years.	5	1	true
unified	Who _____ Upper and Lower Egypt?	6	0	true
Papyrus	Answer: writing material made from a reed found along the Nile River. ''Paper''	7	0	false
represents	drawing/symbol that _____ a world/sound.	8	1	true
Cartouche on coffins ?	Answer: Believed their Ba and Ka needed to find their way back to their tomb/body	9	0	false
Egypt's River	Answer: The Nile River.	10	0	false
Egyptian	Sumerian and _____ similarities?	11	0	true
belief	_____ in/worship of more than one god	12	1	true
survive	Steps Ani took to _____ the Underworld?	13	0	true
adopted	Through trade, Kush _____ Egyptian culture/religion.	14	1	true
Dynasty	Answer: ruling family, passes down power from one member to another.	15	0	false
rapids	rocky _____ along the upper Nile River.	16	1	true
needed	Their religion taught that they _____ their body in the Afterlife.	17	1	true
Pharaoh	Answer: king/queen of Egypt.	18	0	false
man-made	Largest/tallest _____ structures for thousands of years, required vast coordination/workers, and required vast amounts of heavy building materials/labor.	19	1	true
Allowed	granite slab, found by French Soldiers in 1799 had Hieroglyphics, Demotic Script, and ancient Greek. _____ us to translate /read ancient Egyption.	20	1	true