Vocabulary
This is a skilled worker who practices a handicraft.
What is an artisan?
This is the most important river in Egypt.
What is the Nile?
This is the king of Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
To preserve their bodies after death, the Egyptians did this.
What is mummification?
This Pharaoh was the youngest ever to rule Egypt.
Who is King Tut?
This is a group of rocky rapids.
What is a cataract?
This is what the climate is like in Egypt.
What is hot & dry?
These people were the lowest on the Egyptian social pyramid.
Who are slaves and farmers?
The Egyptians used this writing to decorate their tombs.
What are Hieroglyphics?
Popular with many girls today, the Egyptians invented this.
What is eyeliner/makeup?
This is a flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years.
What is a delta?
Egypt is surrounded by this.
What is desert?
Egyptian pharaoh's were seen as this by the Egyptian people.
What is godlike?
Once mummified, mummy's are placed here
What are pyramids?
The Old Kingdom was known for building these.
What are pyramids?
This is a writing surface similar to paper that is made from the reeds that grew along the Nile river.
What is papyrus?
This is the sea that the Nile River pours into.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This word means a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
The Ancient Egyptians believed in any gods, or this word.
What is polytheism?
New Kingdom Pharaohs preferred to be buried here.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
This is a system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations.
What is a bureaucracy?
This is the continent that Egypt is located on.
What is Africa?
This is the type of government they had in Ancient Egypt.
What is a bureaucracy?
This Egyptian god inspired the Egyptians to mummify their dead.
Who is Osiris? (Will also accept Anubis)
Ancient Egyptians believed this was the most important organ in the body.
What is the heart?