Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Grade 6 · Social Studies · Flashcards
Key terms for Ancient Egypt — pharaohs, pyramids, gods, and the Nile civilization.
Flashcards
- Nile River
- The world's longest river; its annual floods created fertile farmland essential to Egyptian civilization.
- Pharaoh
- Egypt's god-king — the absolute ruler who was considered a living god and was responsible for Ma'at.
- Hieroglyphics
- Egypt's writing system of picture symbols; used on monuments, papyrus scrolls, and tomb walls.
- Pyramid
- A massive stone tomb for a pharaoh; the Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- Mummification
- The 70-day process of preserving a dead body so the soul could return to it in the afterlife.
- Ra
- The Egyptian sun god, one of the most important deities; pharaohs were sometimes called 'sons of Ra.'
- Osiris
- God of the afterlife and resurrection; he judged souls after death by weighing the heart against a feather.
- Isis
- Goddess of magic and motherhood; wife of Osiris and one of the most widely worshipped Egyptian deities.
- Anubis
- The jackal-headed god of mummification and protector of the dead.
- Ma'at
- The Egyptian concept of truth, balance, and cosmic order that all pharaohs were expected to uphold.
- Rosetta Stone
- A stone slab discovered in 1799 that helped scholars decode hieroglyphics by showing the same text in three scripts.
- Papyrus
- A paper-like material made from the papyrus plant; used by Egyptians for writing and record-keeping.
- Sphinx
- A limestone statue near Giza with a human head and lion body; believed to represent Pharaoh Khafre.
- Silt
- Fine, fertile soil deposited by the Nile's annual floods — essential for growing crops in Egypt's desert environment.
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