Pg .41, #1, 3, 4, 5

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• The delta allowed easy river travel between parts of Egypt while also providing a source of water and fertile land.
• Narmer was a very important king because he united upper and lower Egypt.
• The pharaoh was a incredibly powerful ruler of Egypt who was treated, and believed to be a god by his people.
• Ancient Egypt was a theocracy because the pharaoh ruled Egypt and the pharaoh was a religious figure; many countries are still theocracies today, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran.'
• The pyramid was built for dead pharaoh's ka, or afterlife, and one of the pyramids was the tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years.
• Egyptians would preserve bodies by mummification and put their items in their coffin so they can have it in the afterlife.
• Hieroglyphics were the written language of ancient Egyptians.
• Papyrus was a reed used to make paper that grew along the Nile river.

3. The desert surrounding Egypt protected them from invaders, allowing Egypt to grow without any threats.

4. Egyptians viewed the pharaoh as a god.

5. They would get mummified so they could have different items in there afterlife. Their mummified bodies would be buried with their clothing, cosmetics, and jewelry.

I got two wrong on the test. Both of them were most likely the spelling ones. The first one I got wrong is the first spelling one. I was so focused on spelling it correctly that I put the wrong word. It should have been Neolithic, which is also much easier to spell. I also guess I spelled Ziggurat wrong, but looking it up it is correct, so it could have been another problem.