Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located.
What is Africa?
This the type of jar they placed body organs in
Canopic
A staff often with a carving on one end held by rulers.
What is a scepter?
A burial room for the dead pharaohs.
What is a tomb?
Often seen in deserts, it gives the appearance of an illusion due to shimmering heat waves.
What is a mirage?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river.
What is the Nile?
This word means king, queen, or ruler.
What is Pharaoh?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians to grow their crops.
What is rich soil?
One ancient Egyptian invention was the kite? true or false
What is False?
This happens every year when there is too much water for the Nile to hold.
What is a flood?
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
What is Sphinx?
True of False: The Nile floods its banks every year.
What is True?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing using symbols and pictures.
What are Hieroglyphics?
The Nile river flows South to North. True or False?
What is true?
The word for digging ditches to bring water from the Nile to the farms.
What is irrigation?
An invention by ancient Egyptians that marked 365 days with 12 months.
What is a calendar?
These feline animals were said to be very important to Ancient Egyptians and many kept them as pets.
What are cats?
Tombs of dead pharaohs were found inside of these.
What are pyramids?
The Nile is the shortest river in the world. True or false
What is false?
Did they find King Tut's treasure?
Yes
An example of ancient Egyptian architecture built in a triangular 3-dimensional shape.
What is a pyramid?
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls.
What is paper?
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead.
What is mummification?
The climate of Egypt is called this.
What is a desert?
The Egyptians worshipped many gods. True or false
What is true?