Egypt 1
What is the long river called that flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile River?
What were the Egyptian kings called?
What are Pharaohs?
What are the big triangle structures called in Egypt?
Pyramids
What "kitchen" ingredient did the Egyptians use to preserve the bodies?
salt
What group of people built the pyramids?
slaves
The SOUTHERN part of Egypt was called
What is Upper Egypt?
The area of Egypt where the soil was fertile and was great for farming was called
Black Lands
What were the pyramids used for?
Tombs
Name the Three Seasons?
Flood Season, Planting Season, Harvest Season
The pyramids are considered to be one of the _____ of the world!
wonders
The NORTHERN part of Egypt was called
What is Lower Egypt?
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
On both sides of the Nile River, this area overflowed with this type of soil and rocks.
What is silt?
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 kind of paper did scribes write on when they used hieratic script?
papyrus
Why was the Nile River a helpful resource to the Egyptians? (At least 3 reasons)
Multiple answers
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
What continent is Egypt located?