Ancient Egypt
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
What is Sphinx?
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
What is paper?
This is a female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
True of False: The Nile floods every year
What is True?
This word means king
What is Pharaoh?
Two archeologists found this in 1922
What is King Tut's tomb?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is it provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
Egyptian Sun God
Who is Ra?
Ancient Egyptians believed this body part would be weighed to see if they could get into paradise
What is the heart?
Mummification, the pyramids (tombs), and the Book of the Dead all show the importance of the ancient Egyptians' belief in the _______.
What is afterlife?
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
Who is the first king in the Middle Kingdom
Mentuhotep II
The Old Kingdom had many
Many pyramids
These were giant tombs built early on for Egypt's Kings
What are pyramids?
1. This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
2. Mummies were placed in these
1. What is mummification?
2. What is a tomb?
Why did ancient Egyptians preserve mummies?
To prepare for afterlife
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
Hieroglyphics
Mummies were placed in these
A TOMB
The Great Pyramids are located where?
Giza, Egypt
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
Which Kingdom was Egypt's first great period of unity and prosperity called?
Old Kingdom
What country did Ancient Egyptians get ebony and ivory?
Kush
How the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
MUMMIFICATION