Geography
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located.
Africa
Name one of the Gods of Ancient Egypt.
Ra, Osiris, Set, Isis, Anubis, Bastet, Thoth, Horus, Aton, Amon-Ra, Hapi...
These were giant tombs built early on for Egypt's Kings.
Pyramids
This word means king.
Pharaoh
True or False? The Nile floods every year.
True
Which river played a vital role in Egypt’s development?
Nile River
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead.
Mummification
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
Sphinx
This was the Pharaoh's main advisor.
Vizier
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing.
Hieroglyphics
Dry, arid land that receives little rainfall and has unique vegetation. It surrounds Egypt.
Desert
Egyptian Sun God.
Ra
What were most Egyptians homes made of?
Mud bricks and wood
Who farmed the land in ancient Egypt?
Peasants
Paper, rope and other things were made out of this plant from ancient Egypt.
Papyrus
These are shallow parts of the Nile with rocks, like rapids.
Cataracts
True or False? Ancient Egyptians believed they needed to be good people in order to live on in the afterlife.
True
Where did the Egyptians bury their Pharaohs during the New Kingdom?
The Valley of the Kings
This Pharaoh ruled from 9 to 19 and his tomb was intact when they discovered it in 1922.
King Tut
What were the three main kingdoms of ancient Egypt?
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
Upper Egypt is located in which part of Egypt?
South
The capital of ancient Egypt switched between what two main cities and religious centers?
Memphis and Thebes
Name one contribution from ancient Egypt to the world today.
paper, architecture, medicine, writing, simple machines, calendar, arithmetic, cubits (measuring distance using your forearm), geometry, etc.
Female pharaoh who ruled over a time of peace and prosperity.
Hatshepsut
The discovery of this large stone with 3 different languages (Greek, Egyptian Demonic and Hieroglyphs) helped us decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone