Egypt book questions

1. terms and definitions
1. Delta: a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river
2. Narmer: king of lower Egypt wore a red crown, upper wore a tall white crown, Narmer wore both
3. Pharaoh: a king of ancient Egypt considered a god as well as a political and military leader
4. theocracy: a government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure
5. pyramid: a massive structure with a rectangle base and four triangular sides; Egyptians built them as a burial place for pharaohs
6. mummification: a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying
7. hieroglyphic: an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
8. papyrus: a tall reed that grows in the Nile delta used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paperlike material for writing on
2. how did being surrounded by deserts benefit Egypt? They can see enemies coming from far away since there was nothing in the distance
3. how did the Egyptians view the pharaoh? A god
4. why did Egyptians mummify bodies? they preserved them because they wanted to keep them as artifacts