Geography
This is the longest river in the world and it flows right through the entire country of Egypt
What is the Nile River?
The belief that our souls continue to exist after death.
What is belief in an afterlife?
Egyptian writing
What are heirogliphics?
This is the term for belief in a single god
What is Monotheism?
He was chosen by God to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
Who was Moses?
Originally, these were the only people to get mummified
Who were the Pharaohs?
This is what happens to the Nile River during Ahket..
What is that it floods?
This term means "belief in many gods"
What is 'Polytheism'?
95% of Egyptian people did this for a living (at least part-time)
What is farming?
This is the Jewish new year
Who was Abraham?
This is the reason Pharaohs were mummified
What is that they believed their spirit needed a place to reside in the afterlife and a rotten body would not work?
What is the Sahara Desert?
This person was in charge of the Egyptian religion. They made sure rituals were carried out correctly, and were a link between humans and the gods
Who is the Pharaoh?
This is the impact that trading with new cultures had on the Egyptian civilization
What is, increased trade led to increased WEALTH?
A Dreidel is played with on this holiday celebrating to the rededication of the Jewish Temple
What is Hannukah?
This is the Jewish holy day that celebrates the Exodus from slavery in Egypt
What s is Passover?
This body organ was considered useless, so was usually thrown out after getting scrambled and turned into a substance liken to a smoothie
What is the Brain?
This is how predicable flooding impacted the people of the Nile region
What is, Knowing when the floods were coming allowed a civilization to grow in the region?
While making their way through the land of the dead, the deceased's heart is placed on one side of Anubis' scale. This item gets placed on the other side.
What is 'the feather of truth' or 'feather of Ma'at'?
This is what the pyramids were used for (2 of 3 answers needed)
What are storage, a tomb for the Pharaohs, and to show off the power and glory of the pharaoh?
He built the first temple. Was the son of King David
Who was Solomon the Wise?
This is the name of the giant that David defeated with his sling
Who was 'Goliath'?
Who traveled to Paris thousands of years after being mummified?
Who was Pharaoh Ramses II?
These are 3 ways the Egyptians used the Nile River.
What are: for drinking/bathing, for their crops, and as transportation for trade?
He was the father of the Egyptian gods
Who is Ra?
This had the same message in 3 languages. This way archeologists were finally able to translate Egyptian writing
What was the Rosetta Stone?
This is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Called the 'day of atonement.'
What is Yom Kippur?
According to Hebrews 9:4, these items were carried in the Ark of the Covenant (2 of 3 reqired)
What are The 10 commandments, a jar of Mana, and Aaron's staff?
This person discovered King Tut's tomb. His benifactors died soon after
Who was Howard Carter?