| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| focusing on efficiently producing a limited number of goods or services | specilization |
| A process of preserving a persons body | mumification |
| When a person died, their spirit continued living and their spirit required a body in | afterlife |
| Inner organs removed from the body and placed in special urns called | canopic jars |
| A place where the body and the jars were placed inside a coffin called a | sarcophagus |
| The social class made up of only one individual; the pharaoh | highest class |
| The class which included nobles, priests and the vizier, or advisor. | ruling class |
| The class that provided goods and services and held specialized jobs such as artisans, merchants, soldiers, scribes, and doctors. | middle class |
| The class made up of peasants and enslaved people who were poor farmers.. | lower class |
| In 3100 BC who took control of both Upper and Lower Egypt | King Narmer |
| A government leader that controlled all aspects of government and religion and over time took control of all water resources and owned all land in Egypt | pharaohs |
| The pharaohs ruled through family groups known as | dynasties |
| The pharaohs established regional and local governments to________ in all part of the kingdom | enforce their laws |
| One responsibility of the pharaohs was to organize the construction of ____________ for farns | irrigation systems |
| The pyramids were built as tombs for | Egyptian pharaohs |
| God of the afterlife | Osiris |
| The first major monotheistic religion during the time of ancient Egypt | Judism |
| One of ancient Egypt's major trading partners was | Nubia |
| The pyramids were built as tombs for | Egyptian pharaohs |
| Egypt traded wheat and other food goods to Nubia in exchange for | gold |
| Nubia controlled the _______farther inland | Nile River |
| Nubia also controlled Egypt's access to trade with the interior of | Africa |
| Egypt used ___________ to overpower Nubia during the New Kingdom | military power |
| Egypt required Nubia to provide ____________ as tribute to the pharaoh | gold, cattle, and other goods |
| The spread of people, ideas, technology and products from one culture to another | cultural diffusion |
| The Egyptians developed a system of writing using picture like symbols | hieroglyphics |
| Ancient Egypt's record keepers were called __________ and they recorded building measurements, crop totals, and population data | scribe |
| A paper like material created from a reed plant and was the world's first form of parchment used for writing. | papyrus |
| A feat of Egyptian architecture that is 200 feet long and 60 feet wide | Sphinx at Giza |
| Massive stone monuments with a rectangular base and triangular sides that meet in a point at the top | pyramid |