6Th Grade Social Studies, Chapter 3

Front 1

1. The people of Ancient Egypt used stories about their ______________ to explain events in nature.

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Gods

Front 2

The Egyptian calendar was divided into 3 parts called _________________, ________________ and ___________________ to follow the actions of the Nile.

Back 2

Inundation, Emergence, Harvest

Front 3

The Egyptians built ____________, ________________, and _______________ to control the floodwaters of the Nile.

Back 3

Dikes, Dams, Canals

Front 4

Ancient Egyptians believed in ______________ after death.

Back 4

life

Front 5

All Egyptian records were written in ______________________.

Back 5

hieroglyphics

Front 6

The three most important things to the Ancient Egyptians were the _____________, the ______________ and the _____________.

Back 6

the king, the Next World, the Nile

Front 7

The Land of the Dead was on the _________________ side of the Nile.

Back 7

West

Front 8

The first step pyramid was designed by ____________________, the architect of King Zoser.

Back 8

Imhotep

Front 9

Ancient Egypt was divided into _______ kingdoms. They were the ____________, ________________ and ______________

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3 -- Old, Middle & New

Front 10

The Nile flooded for about ______ months each year.

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4

Front 11

Ancient Egyptians worshiped __________________ gods.

Back 11

many

Front 12

It took_________days to prepare the body for the Next World.

Back 12

70

Front 13

After the organs were removed, the body was covered in ____________________ for 40 days.

Back 13

natron

Front 14

The bodies were then wrapped in ____________________.

Back 14

linen

Front 15

Only the bodies of dead ________________ and ____________________were completely mummified.

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kings & nobles

Front 16

The ______________ Pyramid at Giza was built with over 2,000,000 blocks of _____________________.

Back 16

Great

Limestone

Front 17

Egyptian pharaoh who believed in only 1 god

Back 17

Amenhotep

Front 18

a stone discovered by a French Army officer that was the key to reading hieroglyphics

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Rosetta Stone

Front 19

a paper-like material which was one of the great inventions of the ancient Egyptians

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Papyrus

Front 20

only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt

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Hatshepsut

Front 21

boy pharaoh whose tomb was found intact

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Tutankhamen

Front 22

a tomb for ancient Egyptian rulers and place where they lived in their afterlife

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pyramid

Front 23

the start of the Egyptian new year when the Nile flooded

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Inundation

Front 24

the second season when farmers began planting their crops

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emergence

Front 25

the final season when the crops were ready to be picked

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Harvest

Front 26

the person who controlled all of the land and all of the people in ancient Egypt

delta – the lowland that is formed from the silt that is left at the mouth of a river

Book of the Dead – a book of prayers that was buried with the pharaoh to help in his journey to the Next World

silt – dirt and rocks that were left behind after flooding that made the soil rich each year

Jean Francois Champollion – first person to decode hieroglyphics

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pharaoh

Front 27

the lowland that is formed from the silt that is left at the mouth of a river

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Delta

Front 28

a book of prayers that was buried with the pharaoh to help in his journey to the Next World

Back 28

Book of the Dead

Front 29

dirt and rocks that were left behind after flooding that made the soil rich each year

Back 29

Silt

Front 30

first person to decode hieroglyphics

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Jean Francois Champollion