Egypt and Judaism Vocab

Large Stone structures usually built as tombs in Ancient Egypt.

• Pyramids
• Sphinx
• Colosseum
• Great Wall

Ritual to preserve bodies through embalming of the corpse.

• Mummification
• Cremation
• Burial
• Immolation

Egyptian Kings who were thought of as gods.

• Napoleon

• Cleopatra
• Pharaohs

• Julius Caesar

Government where religious figures are in control.

• Democracy
• Communism
• Theocracy
• Monarchy

The belief in many gods.

• Monotheism
• Atheism
• Agnosticism
• Polytheism

Written language using symbols for words.

• Alphabet
• Hieroglyphics

• Phonogram
• Morphogram

What is a Deity?

• A type of animal
• A type of plant
• A type of food
• A god or goddess in a polytheistic religion

Tall, narrow structure created from one piece of stone.

• Pyramid
• Obelisk
• Arch
• Dome

Invaded Egypt and allowed the New Kingdom to flourish.

• Alexander the Great
• Julius Caesar
• Hyksos
• Napoleon Bonaparte

Great stone temple built by Ramses II

• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Temple of Karnak
• Abu Simbel
• Colosseum