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| The * is the world's largest river. | Nile |
| The egyptian's land | kemet |
| The egytians called their land kemet because * | because of the dark soil |
| Name the two sources of the Nile: | Blue nile and white nile |
| Define delta | An area shaped like a triangle |
| What desert lies to the west of the nile. | Sahara |
| How many dyanasties were there in Ancient Egypt? | 31 |
| Descrive the power of the pharoah? | He had absolute power over the people. Whatever the pharoah decided became law. |
| Why was religion so important to ancient egyptians? | It was the way people explained the workings of nature. |
| Who is Osiris | the god of the living and the dead (the god of the after-life) |
| Who is Amon-Re? | The chief god of the ancient Egyptians. |
| Who is Isis? | One of the most powerful of all Egyptian goddesses and the wife of Osiris (the great mother who protected her children) |
| Who is Horus? | The god of the sky (Osiris son) |
| Why did they bury their posessions with them when they died? | Because the souls of the dead could not survive without food, clothing, and other items from this life. |
| Was every person mummified? | No, only the important people. |
| What is the largest pyramid. | the Great Pyramid |
| Why were the pyramids build on the west bank of the nile? | It was the land of the dead (where family was buried). |
| Define hieroglyphics? | picture-like symbols |
| what was the Rosetta Stone? | A large black stone with 3 different types of writing.. It was found in Rosetta, a city in the Nile. |
| Why were the ancient egyptians interested in telling time? | Because they were agricultural people and needed to predict when the Nile would flood. |
| How did the egyptians know so much about the body? | Because of their work on mummies. |
| What type of surgeries did they perform? | They could set broken bones and treat injuries of the spine |
| Egypt was known as the | possessed land of the learning |
| The paroah was also the | king (religious leader) |
| What desert lies to the east of the nile? | eastern part of sahara |
