Geography
One of the world's longest rivers, flowing north through northeastern Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. Also referred to as the "lifeblood" of Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Canals were dug along the Nile River so that crops could receive water. This process is called __________.
What is irrigation?
Ruler of ancient Egypt. The word originally meant “great house”. It referred to the grand palace in which the king and his family lived.
What are Pharaohs?
Process of treating a body to keep it from decaying, so that Egyptians could protect bodies for the afterlife.
What is Mummification/Embalming?
The worship of (2) or more gods.
What is polytheism?
Fan-shaped area of fertile marshland.
What is delta/Nile River Delta?
The combination of pictures and sound symbols created a complex writing system of approximately 800 characters. Can be translated using the Rosetta Stone.
What are Hieroglyphics?
A government in which the same person is both the political and religious leader. The pharaoh was thought to be a divine figure, son of Re.
What is a Theocracy?
It took the Egyptians (__) days to mummify a body.
What is 70?
Tombs with (4) triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point at the top. They were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
What are Pyramids?
Dangerous, fast-moving waters.
What are cataracts?
About the mid-2000s B.C.E., the Egyptians built the biggest and grandest of the pyramids – the ________ ___ _______, for King Khufu.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Originally a king of Upper Egypt, this king unified both kingdoms and established the first Egyptian dynasty.
Who is King Narmer?
Special salt used to dry the body during mummification.
What is Natron?
Line of rulers from one family.
What are dynasties?
The Nile River provided Egyptians with many benefits. Name (1).
What is source of fresh drinking water, waterway for transportation & silt for fertile soil?
Pharaoh's tomb that was uncovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, revealing a wealth of ancient treasures.
What is King Tut/Tutankhamun's Tomb?
Pharaoh who was a great military conqueror, signed the world's first peace treaty, and ruled Egypt for over 60 years.
Who is Ramses II?
Jars that held the internal organs of the deceased.
What are Canopic Jars?
Reed plant that grew wild along the Nile, used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
Egyptians originally named their land _______, which means “black land” after the dark, rich soil.
What is Kemet?
An ancient Egyptian slab of stone discovered in 1799 that acted as a key to deciphering the previously unreadable Egyptian hieroglyphics, thus providing a pathway to understanding ancient Egyptian history and culture.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
One of the most successful and longest-reigning female pharaohs in ancient Egypt, ushering in an era of peace and prosperity.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
Large stone coffin that held the other wooden coffins of a mummy.
What is a Sarcophagus?
People who specialized in learning and writing hieroglyphics in ancient Egypt.
What are Scribes?