Ancient Egypt #1
The longest River in the world
What is the Nile?
The shallow and rocky part of the river that causes rapids.
What are cataracts?
A device that was used to help with irrigation.
What is a shaduf?
The Nile travels this way.
What is South to North?
The Nile empties into what body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A device used to measure the river's water levels.
What is a nilometer?
A line of kings or rulers who belong to the same family.
What is a dynasty?
The two parts of Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
The ruler of Egypt
What is a Pharaoh?
A large tomb with triangular sides.
What is a Pyramid?
The largest of the three pyramids of Giza is called this.
What is the Great Pyramid?
The three kingdoms of Egypt were called this.
What is the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom?
A stone that was discovered that helped to interpret hieroglyphics.
What is The Rosetta Stone?
A special container for the organs from a dead body.
What is a canopic jar?
Most of the pyramids that are still standing today were built in this period.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Two types of clocks in Egypt.
What are the water clock and the sundial?
Amulets were worn around the neck to do this.
What is to ward off evil spirits?
The god that resided in the Hall of Judgement.
What is Osiris?
A script language developed by the Kushites
What is Meroitic?
The people who invaded Egypt at the beginning of the New Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
One of the main themes in music of Egypt was this.
What is the Nile?
The god that Egyptians believed created and ruled the world.
What is Ra?
The son of Horus
Who is the Pharaoh?
The manmade dam that formed Lake Nasser
What is Aswan High Dam?
The organ of the body that was useless to the Egyptians,
What is the brain?