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What is an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips called?
Mummy
The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.
What is South to North?
The Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a
God
Who was at the top of the social hierarchy in ancient Egypt?
What is a Pharaoh?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
Nile
During the mummification these were placed in special canopic jars and kept next to the mummy.
What are the body's organs?
A mummy was kept in a case called a
What is a sarcophagus?
True or False: All ancient Egyptians knew how to read and write
What is False?
Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river
What is silt
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
Africa
What natural barrier to the West protects Egypt from invasion?
Desert
Ancient Egyptians believed this body part would be weighed to see if they could get into the afterlife.
What is the heart?
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
Most people in Egypt were (profession)
Farmers
What was the tallest building in the world for 4,000 years and is the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders still standing?
The Great Pyramid
What is another name for an Egyptian King?
Pharaoh
Mummification and the pyramids (tombs) show the importance of the ______ in ancient Egypt
What is afterlife?
These were people who were trained to read and write
What is a scribe
True of False: The Nile floods every year
True
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is rich soil; it provided water for growing food; travel; bathing
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
A Sphinx
a line of rulers from one family is called a
Dynasty
This black rock helped historians decipher (figure out) ancient hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Egyptian gods or goddesses were often pictured with human bodies and the heads of _______
What is animals?