Geography
This major river had annually occuring floods that deposited rich, fertile soil.
What is the Nile River?
This supreme god is depicted with the head of a hawk.
Who is Ra?
This plant that grows along the Nile River was used to make the world's first form of paper.
What is papyrus?
Becoming king at only 9 years old, this pharaoh died under mysterious circumstances at 18.
Who is King Tut?
This class of Egyptians were forced to build the pyramids.
What are slaves?
The Nile River empties into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean?
The Book of the Dead lists all of these an individual had avoided during their life.
What are misdeeds?
One's status could easily be determined by the amount of these in their collection.
What are wigs?
Khufu is remembered for commissioning the building of the Great Step Pyramid, otherwise known as this.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The Nile River was used as more than a resource, it was also a route of this for Egypt.
Unlike most rivers in the region, the Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
The belief of many gods.
What is polytheism?
These pellets made with frankincense, myrrh, cinnamon, and honey helped with dental hygeine.
What are breath mints?
Historians considered him as the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
Egyptians started to import this material for bigger boats, furniture, and chariots.
What is lumber/wood?
This desert, the largest in the world, was one of the natural barriers that protected Ancient Egypt from invasion.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Papyrus scrolls with information on what to say to Osiris to obtain immortality were placed with mummified bodies.
What is the Book of the Dead?
Egyptians had made this invention to help track the flooding of the Nile River. Answer should include a number.
What is a 365 day calendar?
This pharaoh, and one of the most successful, was the first female pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Members of this class had their prized possessions such as ivory, jewels, and timber protected in their tombs.
A king's pschent combined a white crown (hedjet) and a red crown (deshret) symbolizing a union of these 2 regions.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
Often depicted as a jackal, Anubis was the god of this practice that took around 70 days to complete.
What is mummification?
This artifact was crucial for deciphering hieroglyphics, as it contained the same text in 3 different scripts.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The son of Khufu commissioned the 2nd pyramid at Giza and by tradition, his face adorns the Great Sphinx.
Who is Khafre?
Kings of the 5th dynasty closely identified with this god who rose from the ocean of chaos & fought the serpent Apophis.
Who is Ra?