Egypt 1
What is the long river called that flows through Egypt?
Nile River
What were the Egyptian kings called?
Pharaohs
What are the big triangle structures called in Egypt?
Pyramids
What "kitchen" ingredient did the Egyptians use to preserve the bodies?
salt
What continent is Egypt located?
The SOUTHERN part of Egypt was called
Upper Egypt
What the Egyptians used to harness the water during the three seasons.
Irrigation
What were the pyramids used for?
Tombs to hold the pharaoh while they awaited the afterlife
Name the Three Seasons?
Flood Season, Planting Season, Harvest Season
What kind of paper did scribes write on when they used hieratic script?
papyrus
The NORTHERN part of Egypt was called
The name of the king who united Upper and Lower Egypt was…
King Menes
Who was 2nd in charge after the king?
Vizier
What was Egyptian writing called?
Hieroglyphics
What were people who wrote hieroglyphics called?
Scribes
The most fertile area in Egypt.
Nile Delta
Why was it important to make the pharaoh happy?
The pharaohs were considered gods, so that gave them lots of power.
What did the Egyptians do to the pharaohs after they died?
Mummified them
What was the key to understanding the meaning of Hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
What did the Egyptians believe about the gods?
The gods controlled everything, include nature and human activity.
They were part human, part god.
Why was the Nile River a helpful resource to the Egyptians? (2 ANSWERS!)
1. It provided drinking water
2. It provided water for farming
What do we call the area near Thebes that the Pharaohs used as a cemetery?
Valley of the Kings
Why did the pharaohs want all of their favorite things to be buried with them?
They were buried with their favorite things so they can bring it with them to the AFTER LIFE.
What Famous monument has the head of a man and the body of a lion?
Great Sphinx
The pharaoh was thought the be the greatest pharaoh in Eygpt.
Ramses the II