The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
The New Kingdom
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
What is mummification?
A special black stone that had three languages written on it - helped to decipher hieroglyphics
What is the rosetta stone?
This word means king
What is Pharaoh?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
He was the king who first united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes? or Who is Narmer?
Which god was green and known as the god of life and death?
Osiris
One ancient Egyptian invention was the kite? true or false
What is False?
a long line of rulers from one family
Dynasty
True of False: Upper Egypt is SOUTH of Lower Egypt
What is True?
What was the name of the first female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
How many days did it take to complete the mummification process?
70 days
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
someone who rules in the place of someone who is too young or sick to rule
regent
The Nile river flows South to North? True or False
What is true
This time period was known as the "Age of the Pyramids."
What is the Old Kingdom?
Which god had the face of a jackal and was believed to have created mummification?
Anubis
The ancient Egyptians invented the 365 day calendar with 12 months. True or False
true
This word means worshipping many gods
polytheism
What is the name of a triangularly shaped mouth of a river? (contains fertile soil)
Delta
Who was the first pharaoh to unite Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt?
Menes (aka Narmer)
What was the name of the sodium-based substance used in mummificaiton?
Natron
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
early form of paper made from reed-like plant found along the nile and sometimes made into scrolls
What is papyrus?