Geography
Without this running through Egypt, the ancient Egyptians could not have survived.
What is the Nile River?
An Egyptian ruler was given this title
Who is a pharaoh?
Social class with the most people in it
What are the farmers and/or slaves?
Six letter word meaning to preserve a body after death
What is embalm?
Name this Egyptian early form of paper
What is papyrus?
Egypt is located on this continent
What is Africa?
He united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Pharaoh Narmer or Menes?
A white fabric made from the flax plant
What is linen?
Type of Old Kingdom tomb in which pharaohs were buried.
What is a pyramid?
A large piece of rock which was the key to understanding hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Type of landform that borders Egypt on the east, south and west
What are deserts?
This specialized worker makes written records for government offices, temples and institutions
What is a scribe?
This region is along the southern part of the Nile River
What is Upper Egypt?
Wealthy ancient Egyptians preserved their dead by means of mummification in preparation for this.
What is the after-life?
Pictures of objects such as animals or plants to represent words
What is hieroglyphics?
The richest farmland in Egypt is found in this area in Lower Egypt
What is the Nile Delta?
Names historians give to the periods of time in Ancient Egypt.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom?
The two men involved with finding King Tut's tomb
Who are Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon?
Famous gods that when you take the first letter of each of their names it spells "OH AIR!".
Who are Osiris, Horus, Anubis, Isis, Ra ?
An imaginary creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion and the male pharaoh historians believe is the face on the most famous version of this creature.
What is a sphinx and Khafre?
The Nile River empties into this (Must be spelled correctly)
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A family of rulers and the number of these (within 5) that existed in ancient Egypt.
What is a dynasty and 31-33 (within 5 either way)?
The name of the city where the most famous pyramids were built and the region where it is located (Upper or Lower Egypt)
What is Giza in Lower Egypt?
The word pharaoh means this and Egyptians believed his body was actually the home of the gods
What is great house?
The name of the leader for whom The Great Pyramid was built and the name of his son and grandson that had pyramids built near him.
Who are Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure?