FACTS
This is the longest river in the world.
The Nile River.
A riverbank with rich, dark soil.
Kemet
Ancient Egyptian Kings.
Pharaohs
True or false: The Egyptians are responsible for our 365-days-a-year calendar.
True
The Nile River flows more than how many miles north?
4,000 miles
Historians estimate that this is the largest Egyptian pyramid.
The Great Pyramid at Giza.
A type of paper made from a plant.
Papyrus
Who created the first united Egyptian Dynasty?
King Menes
List the 3 periods in which Egypt was ruled.
The old, middle, and new kingdoms
What kinds of dangerous animals were hunted in the Nile River?
Hippos
What is the statue that is half man and half lion called?
Great Sphinx
The belief in one god.
Monotheism
What is a Vizier?
A high ranking official
The Great pyramid of Giza took approximately how many years to build?
20 years
The Egyptian year began in which month when the floods came?
July
What is history told only through spoken language and words?
What is the plain at the mouth of a river? The location where a river might empty into.
A delta
What do you call an adult who rules in place of a child because they are too young?
A regent
Who conquered Egypt in 332 BCE?
Alexander the Great
If you were wealthy, what kind of pet might you have in Ancient Egypt?
A monkey
The process in which a body is preserved is called ____.
Mummified or mummification
The two locations that the Nile river runs through.
Upper and lower Egypt
This Pharaoh was crowned when he was only 9 years old and was one of the most famous Pharaohs.
King Tut
The pyramids were built during these two periods.
The old and new kingdoms
What was one board game you could play for fun in Ancient Egypt?
Senet
The capital and heart of the Kingdom of Kush was called _____.
Island of Meroe
Therianthropes
Name this regent who ruled in place of her stepson.
Hatshepsut
Paper that we use today was invented by the ______ and introduced the middle east during the 800 CE.
Chinese
What was the simplest way the separate grain from the wheat stems?
To have animals trample it out