Key Terms 4.2

The largest pyramid was built for this Pharaoh?

• Khafre

• Khufu

• Menkaure

a body that has been embalmed and wrapped in linen

• mummy

• deity

• pharaoh

• pyramid

a huge stone structure built by the ancient Egyptians to serve as a tomb

• Nile River

• ziggurat

• irrigation

• pyramid

Why were pyramids important to the ancient Egyptians? P100

• they were built by an alien civilization

• Egyptians believed their own afterlife was linked to the eternal life of the pharaoh buried in the pyramid

• the pyramids provided shelter for all Egyptians

• the pyramids were only important to the pharaoh

Who is Khufu?

• Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza
• Pharaoh who built the Step Pyramid
• Pharaoh whose pyramid collapsed
• Pharaoh who build the last true pyramid

people from rich and powerful families

• mummies

• elite

• nobles

life after death

• afterlife

• mummies

• Old Kingdom

people of wealth and power

• elite

• nobles

• dynasty

huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top

• engineering

• afterlife

• pyramids

the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

• engineering

• mummies

• pyramids