Geography
What is the continent Egypt is located on?
Africa
What are the pointy, triangle looking buildings, that pharaohs were buried in?
Pyramids
What river did the ancient Egyptians settle around and used the water to irrigate their crops?
Nile River
What animal did the ancient Egyptians worship?
Cats
What are the two OCEANS located near Ancient Egypt?
Indian and Atlantic Oceans
What are the tall pyramid like objects that ancient Egyptians used to tell time and was the innovation that brought us the modern day clock?
Obelisks
The Ancient Egyptians fished in the _____________
Mediterranean Sea
Who was a famous pharaoh from Ancient Egypt?
King Tut/King Tutankhamen
What is the mountain range located in Africa?
Atlas Mountains
What is something that we adopted from the ancient Egyptians that we still use today to tell us what day it is?
Calendar
Why did the Ancient Egytians adapt to their environment by fishing and farming? What was the purpose in this?
So they were able to get food to survive/Eat
Are they pyramids completely hollow or empty?
No they have secret passage ways to get to the tombs.
What is the longest river in the world that most of ancient Egypt's civilization was centered on?
Nile River
What kind of writing did the Ancient Egyptians use to communicate?
Hieroglyphics
How did the ancient Egyptians get water to their crops?
They used irrigation systems/they irrigated.
What were all the pharaohs buried with?
All of their treasures, gold, food, anything they wanted.
What part of Africa is ancient Egypt located? Hint: Its a direction on the compass
Who is a person that writes things down?
Scribe
Why did the Ancient Egyptians have to irrigate their crops?
Egypt is a dry place/there is not a lot of rainfall in Egypt.
Where did Ms. Claire travel to when she was ten? Bonus if you can say what famous structure, she took a picture in front of.
Egypt! Bonus: The Sphinx