Geography
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What is the longest river in the world?
The River Nile
Who is at the top of the social ladder?
Pharaoh
Sun God
Ra
What was the coffin called?
Sarcophagus
What continent is Egypt a part of?
Africa
Water, Fish, Soil for crops/farming, transportation, communication and trade
Who was the lowest on the social ladder?
Afterlife God
Osiris
What did they store organs in? (2 words)
Canopic jars
What sea borders Egypt to the north?
What did they make from the mud on the riverbanks?
Bricks
Why did people employ scribes?
Not many people could read or write so there were employed people to do so
Mummification God
Anubis
Why did Ancient Egyptians mummify?
They believed that part of their soul would return to their body every night
What sea borders Egypt to the east?
Red sea
How often did the River Nile flood?
Annually / Once a year
What did merchants trade?
Gold, Papyrus, Rope, Linen, cloth and jewellery
Truth, Goodness, Justice, Harmony, Order, Propriety, Reciprocity
Maat
What kitchen ingredient is Natron which was used to dry the body?
Salt
Upper Egypt = South
Lower Egypt = North
Who is the God of the River Nile?
Hapi
What was a Vizier?
Second in command, often a high priest
Nut
What was part of a persons soul called?
Ba