Egypt Flashcards
Another word for waterfall
Cateract
Egyptian rulers were called
Pharaohs
What is a simple form of writing
Demotic
What is preservation of the body
Mummification
What is the plant that grows along the Nile
Papyrus
What the ruling family called
Dynasty
What is a picture representing an idea
An ideogram
Another word for decode
Decipher
Another word for soil
Silt
Osiris was the god of….
god of the Nile
Amon re was the god of…
The sun
Which kingdom was the ramesside period
The new kingdom
Isis was the god of
The moon
Who was the god of the dead
Osiris
The old kingdom was know as
The pyramid age
What was the most common occupation for Egyptians
A peasant farmer
The Middle Kingdom was know as…
The age of nobles
What kingdom did common people gain
Middle Kingdom
The irrigation projects took place in the
Old kingdom
What was found in 1798
The Rosetta Stone
What is the 150 year period between old and middle kingdoms called
Disorder
What sea is east of Egypt
The Red Sea
Was an Egyptians woman’s work confined to the home
No
Did scribes play a large part in Egyptian society?
Yes
Is the Libyan desert east of the Nile
No
What lies at the niles entrance to the medditeranian
Lower Egypt
Who united upper and lower Egypt
King Minos
Who found the Rosetta Stone
The army of Ramsey’s 2
