Geography
Egypt is located on what continent?
Africa!
The king of ancient Egypt was called a.....
pharaoh!
The plant the Egyptians used to write on was.....
papyrus!
Egyptians wrapped a body up before being buried. What is that called?
Which country is the Nile river located?
Egpyt!
The important river i Egypt is called the.......
Nile River!
How was Hatshepsut different from the other pharaohs?
She was a female!
The symbols in Egyptian writing are called.....
hieroglyphics (hieroglyphs!)
Egpytians kept the heart inside the mummy to take with them to the afterlife. What did it mean to have a light vs heavy heart?
Light heart = good
Heavy heart = bad
What did the Nile river do every year?
The Sphinx has a body of a ____ and a head of a _____.
body of a lion and a head of a pharaoh!
The person whose tomb told us a lot about Ancient Egypt was.....
King Tut!
The person who wrote in Ancient Egypt was called a....
scribe!
Who was the Sun God?
Ra or Amon-Ra!
What are the pyramids?
Burial chambers / tombs where pharaohs were buried.
What is the Nile Delta? What does it do?
The triangle shaped area of land where the Nile river splits into little streams.
The first woman pharaoh (that we know of) was named....
Hatshepsut!
Hieroglyphics looked like.....
little pictures!
Why was treasure placed in the pyramid?
Egyptians believed they would take it with them to their afterlife.
Name two ways Egyptians were like us.
1. Similar furniture.
2. played board games.
3. had loving families.
4. liked to look beautiful.
5. had religious beliefs.
6. Farmed.
The Nile river flows into the......
Mediterranean Sea!
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for which Pharaoh?
Pharaoh Khufu!
When weighing the heart in the afterlife, what did they compare the heart to?
A feather!
When mummifying, where did they put the parts of the body?
In canopic jars!
Who found King Tut's tomb?
Howard Carter.