Ancient Egypt

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  1. 6. Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: The Ancient Egyptians considered Pharaoh to be a high priest close to a god. He was associated with the god Horus and may have, at times, been _________ a god in human form.
  2. 7. Geography and the Nile River: Many people are confused by Upper and Lower Egypt. Upper Egypt is in the south and Lower Egypt is in the north, but that is because the Nile River _______ from south to north.
  3. 9. Temples and Priests: Working as a ________ was considered a good job and was a sought after position by wealthy and powerful Egyptians.
  4. 10. Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: A key idea in Egyptian belief was to preserve the body after death. This is why the Ancient Egyptians had mummies. The process of making a mummy is called ________________.
  5. 11. Ancient Egyptian Food, Jobs, Daily Life: Scribes came from wealthy families and took years of training to learn the complex Egyptian ___________.
  6. 14. Clothing: The Egyptians made linen from the _______ of the flax plant. Workers would spin the fibers into thread that would then be woven into linen fabric using looms. It was a long and laborious process.
  7. 15. Hieroglyphics: Papyrus paper was made from a tall reed like plant called Papyrus. The Egyptians would use strips of the inner stem of the plant to make the _______.
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  1. 1. Geography and the Nile River: The Nile River is the ________ river in the world.
  2. 2. Ancient Egyptian Food, Jobs, Daily Life: The main staple of the commoner was _________.
  3. 3. Ancient Egyptian Food, Jobs, Daily Life: Makeup was worn by both men and women. The main type of makeup used was ________ paint.
  4. 4. Geography and the Nile River: The Ancient Egyptians called the rich black soil from the floods the "_______ of the Nile".
  5. 5. Geography and the Nile River: The most important thing the Nile provided to the Ancient Egyptians was ________ land.
  6. 8. Hieroglyphics: Hieroglyphics was a very complicated way of writing involving 1000s of _______.
  7. 12. Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses: Ra was said to have created all forms of life and was the _______ ruler of the gods.
  8. 13. Clothing: High ranking priests and the Pharaoh sometimes wore _______ cloaks over their shoulders. The Egyptians considered the leopard to be a sacred animal.