Pharaohs
He was a pharaoh who died at a very young age because of physical disabilities and health problems, who's tomb was found almost untouched.
Who was King Tut? (Tutankahmun)
Known as the sun god, he went to the underworld every night to battle a demon.
Who is Ra (Amon-Ra)?
A preserved dead body wrapped so its soul could recognize it.
What is a Mummy?
These massive stone tombs were built for pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.
What is a pyramid?
The foreign group who ended the Middle Kingdom by conquering lower Egypt.
Who were the Hyksos?
These people were at the top of the Egyptian Social Structure.
Who were the Pharaohs?
She was a Pharaoh who was known for increasing trade.
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
Jackal-headed god of mummification and embalming.
Who is Anubis?
This title was given to the rulers of Egypt, believed to be gods on Earth.
What is a Pharaoh?
This stone slab helped scholars decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Menes did this action to symbolize the combined Upper and Lower Egypt.
What is combining the Red and White Crowns?
The Egyptian idea of truth, balance, and order.
What is Ma’at?
He united Upper and Lower Egypt and wore the double crown.
Who is Menes?
Goddess of magic and motherhood; wife of Osiris.
Who is Isis?
These strong rapids in the Nile made it hard for invaders to travel upstream.
What is a cataract?
The picture-writing system used by Egyptians.
What is Hieroglyphics?
This is the Group who conquered all of Egypt and established the 25th Dynasty.
Who are the Kush?
These are the terms for traded goods between countries.
What are imports and exports?
This ruler reunited Egypt and began the Middle Kingdom.
Who is Mentuhotep II?
Cat goddess of home, protection, and fertility.
Who is Bastet?
A government ruled by religious authority or a god-king.
What is a Theocracy?
This landform marks the mouth of the Nile, spreading into marshy, rich farmland.
What is a delta?
This was the capital city founded by Menes.
What is Memphis?
This book helped Egyptians reach the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
He was Egypt’s most powerful military pharaoh.
Who was Ramses the Great?
A giant serpent god of chaos who lived in the Underworld.
Who is Apophis?
A paper-like writing material made from reeds.
What is Papyrus?
A tall, four-sided stone monument that comes to a point at the top.
What is an Obelisk?
This was where the Aksum went after their power declined.
What is Ethiopia?
This is the King of Aksum who converted to Christianity.
Who is King Ezana?