Ancient Egypt Flashcards
True or False
Men and Women could read and write?
False, only men called scribes were allowed to read and write
Name 6 uses of the Nile?
- Farming
- Building materials
- Writing materials
- Water
- Transportation
- Recreational
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
King Menes
When did Ancient Egypt fall to the romans?
30BC
Where did the Egyptian empire grow up?
By the Nile
true or False the Nile Flooded every year in July
True
Why is the Nile So important? ( 4 )
- Where the Egyptian empire grew up
- flooded every year
- Which is the perfect time to irrigate
- the flood left a rich, fertile soil which is the perfect soil for growing crops
What did Anubis (the god) look like
Head of a Jackal
True or False
The Egyptians believed in the afterlife
True
What did the Egyptians believe the afterlife was
A field of Reeds
What did Anubis way your heart against?
The feather of Truth
True or false
if your heart weighed more than the feather of truth can you go to the afterlife.
False, your heart has to be lighter or the same weight as the feather of truth
if you heart weighed more what happenend
The Demon Ammit ate your heart and then you could not go to the afterlife
What did Ammit the demon look like
head: of a crocodile
body: of a hippo and lion
If your heart weighed less than the feather of truth what did you have to swear you never did?
That you hadn’t killed or done no bad in your life.
