4. A king of ancient Egypt, considered as
god as well as a political and military
leader.
5. A government in which the riler is viewed
as a divine figure.
A government controlled by religious
leaders.
6. A massive structure with a rectangular
base and four triangular sides, like those
that were built in Egypt as burial places for
Old Kingdom pharaohs.
7. An ancient Egyptian writing system in
which pictures were used to represent
ideas and sounds.
8. A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta,
used by the Ancient Egyptians to make a
paperlike material for writing on.
9. A process of embalming and drying
corpses to prevent them from decaying.
10. 2. Which of the Egyptian achievements do
you consider the most important? Explain
Pyramida, mummification, hieroglyphic,
written numbers, calendars, medicine.
3. How did being surrounded by deserts
benefit Egypt?
The deserts shut out invaders; spared
Egyptians from constant warfare.
11. 4. How did the Egyptians view the
pharaoh?
They viewed the pharaoh as a god who had
full responsibility for the kingdom.
5. Why did Egyptians mummify bodies?
Bodies were mummified to preserve them
from the afterlife.
12. 6. Which of the three natural features that
served as boundaries in ancient Egypt
was most important to Egypt’s history?
River-Fertile soil, transportation.
Cataract-Limited outside contact, invaders.
Desert-Obstacle to outside contact, to
invasion.
13. 7. What impact did Egyptian religious
beliefs have on the lives of Egyptians?
Religion was important. Egyptians
focused on the afterlife, as seen in their
temples, toms, and mummification.
14. 8. how were cuneiform and hieroglyphic
writing similar? Different?
Both used symbols for ideas and sounds.
Cuneiform was written on clay. Hieroglyphic
was written on clay and stone, later on
papyrus sheets.
