This river, that flows through Egypt, is the longest river in the world, and was very important in the lives of ancient Egyptians.
What is the Nile?
100
Thanks to this plant that grew wild along the Nile river we now have paper.
What is papyrus?
100
The rulers of ancient Egypt were called this.
What is a pharaoh?
100
Egyptians believed in life after death. In order to obtain it they had to study this.
What is the Book of the Dead?
100
By 4000 B.C., Egypt divided into these two kingdoms.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
200
Most of Egypt is this type of landscape, because it gets very little rainfall.
What is a desert?
200
These dangerous rapids formed narrow cliffs and boulders through out the Nile. There were quite a few of them that helped to stop invaders coming in from the south.
What are cataracts?
200
Women, despite not having the rights of men, could obtain a divorce and this.
What is own property?
200
Egyptians believed that you needed a body to make the journey to the after life. It led to these two practices.
What is embalming and mummification?
200
Lower Egypt was located by this major geographical feature.
What is the delta?
300
Egypt is in the northeastern corner of this continent.
What is Africa?
300
This fan of marshy, fertile soil at the mouth of the river helped stop invaders coming from the sea in the north.
What is a delta?
300
The lowest class in ancient Egypt were these people.
What are unskilled workers or slaves?
300
God of the dead and embalming.
Who is Anubus?
300
The Upper Kingdom was located in this direction. (*Hint. Think compass rose.)
What is the south?
400
Double Jeopardy!!!!!
The protective barrier in the north.
What is the Nile delta?
400
This desert spans out on both sides of the Nile Valley.
What is the Sahara Desert?
400
A ruling family is also called this.
What is a dynasty?
400
Egyptians were this. Meaning they believed in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheistic?
400
This ruler united the Upper an Lower kingdoms. He even combined the crowns!
Who is King Narmer or Menes?
500
The Nile river delta filters into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
500
This happened each year dependably and gently. It provided rich soil to farm with.
What is flooding?
500
These were the second class citizens in ancient Egypt. They worked with the pharaoh.
Who were the priests and nobles?
500
The Egyptian sun god.
Who is Re (Ray)?
500
Daily Double!!!!!!!
Historians group Egypt's dynasties into 3 main time periods.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom?