What is the writing material made from a reed that grew along the Nile?
papyrus
The New Kingdom began when ______ drove the Hyksos out of Ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh Ahmose
The body of a mummy was preserved in a case called a _____
sarcophagus
The _____ is a person's life force or the Egyptian concept of the soul.
Ka
True or false:
Egyptians placed a lot of objects in the tombs that the deceased person could enjoy or use in the next life.
True
What is the Egyptian written language?
hieroglyphics
What is the belief in and worship of many gods?
Polytheism
The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.
Identify the Egyptian goddess
bastet
Hunters and gatherers moved to the Nile River Valley in ____
5000 BC
What is rich soil left behind after the Nile River floods?
A theocracy means...
The spiritual and political leader in the same person (pharaoh)
What kind of climate does Egypt have?
desert: dry & hot
In order to construct the pyramids, Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and _____________.
architecture
The red and white crown symbolizes____
the unification of upper and lower Egypt.
Egypt is located in which continent?
Africa
What is the Egyptian process of preserving and preparing a body for the afterlife?
mummification
Identify the image

The Great Pyramid (of Giza) recognized by size and the Sphinx
____ is the god of the underworld
Osiris
Hatshepsut ruled during the ______ Kingdom
New
The Old Kingdom was a period in Egyptian history that lasted _______
500 years from 2700 to 2200 BC
A ______________ is a line of rulers all from one family that rule a country for many years.
What is the correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt?
priests, scribes , merchants, farmers, pharaoh
pharaoh, priests, scribes, merchants, farmers
Ancient Egypt's empire ended in
1150 BC
The process of embalming allowed Egyptians to study diseased bodies and developed the first ____
medical journals