Egypt Vocab and Questions

1.
A delta is a body of water that is in the form of a triangle and empties into water.
Narmer was an Egyptian king that united both North and South Egypt.
A pharaoh was a king of Egypt that were believed to be gods.
A theocracy is a government where religious law is enforced.
A pyramid is a building used to house a dead pharaoh.
Mummification is the process of embalming a body and ensuring that the body is preserved.
A hieroglyphic is an ancient writing system used to display messages through paintings.
Papyrus is a reed that grows in marshes that was used to make paper.
3.
Egypt benefited from being surrounded by desert because the desert prevented invaders or foreign threats from entering their territory.
4.
Egyptians viewed the pharaoh as a god and they would blame them if their was failure in the system of nature or in their society.
5.
The Egyptians mummified bodies because they believed they would need it in the next life.

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