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What is the writing material made from a reed that grew along the Nile?
papyrus
100
What is a delta?
The area of land at the mouth of the M
Nile River
100
The body of a mummy was preserved in a case called a _____
sarcophagus
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The _____ is a person's life force or the Egyptian concept of the soul.
Ka
100
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
200
What is the Egyptian written language?
hieroglyphics
200
What is the belief in and worship of many gods?
Polytheism
200
The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.
South to North
200
Identify the Egyptian goddess
bastet
200
Name one of Egypt's achievements
Pyramids, toothpaste, papyrus
300
What is rich soil left behind after the Nile River floods?
silt
300
A theocracy means...
The spiritual and political leader in the same person (pharaoh)
300
What kind of climate does Egypt have?
desert: dry & hot
300
In order to construct the pyramids, Egyptians needed to be proficient in engineering and _____________.
architecture or astronomy
300
These were the tombs of pharaohs
Pyramids
400
Egypt is located in which continent?
Africa
400
What is the Egyptian process of preserving and preparing a body for the afterlife?
mummification
400
Identify the image
The Great Pyramid (of Giza) recognized by size and the Sphinx
400
____ is the god of the sun
Ra
400
Hatshepsut ruled during the ______ Kingdom
New
500
What subject did the Egyptians study to design the Great Pyramids?
Astronomy
500
A ______________ is a line of rulers all from one family that rule a country for many years.
dynasty
500
What is the correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt?
priests, scribes , merchants, farmers, pharaoh
pharaoh, priests, scribes, merchants, farmers
500
Ancient Egypt's empire ended in
1150 BC
500
The process of embalming allowed Egyptians to study diseased bodies and developed the first ____
medical journals