Geography
The fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river.
What is a delta?
The term used when a body is preserved to prevent it from decomposing.
What is mummification?
The system of picture symbols used as written language.
What are hieroglyphs?
This title was given to the rulers of Egypt, who were considered gods on Earth.
What is a pharaoh?
A large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The waterway that provided water, transportation, and fertile soil to ancient Egyptians.
What is the Nile River?
The term used when referring to life after death?
What is the afterlife?
This famous pyramid complex, home to the Great Pyramid, is located near Cairo.
What is Giza?
A system of government ruled by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
Paper material made from the reeds of a plant along the Nile River.
What is papyrus?
The section of the Nile River with rapids and rocky terrain.
What is a cataract?
The idea of a cosmic harmony and balance that existed on Earth and across the universe.
Who is ma'at?
A tall pillar with four sides and a point at the top.
What is an obelisk?
This ancient Egyptian leader was thought to be a god.
What is a pharaoh?
A region which was the homeland of the Kingdom of Kush throughout its history.
What is Nubia?
The place located in Northeast Africa along the Nile River.
What is ancient Egypt or Egypt?
The god of the sun that created the world and people in Egyptian mythology.
Who is Ra?
The material pyramids were constructed out of that weighed several tons.
What is limestone?
In this system, the title of pharaoh is passed down to a younger relative or another chosen successor.
What is a dynasty?
The period in which Egypt was overpowered by the Hyksos.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
The natural occurrence on the Nile River that the Kushites and Egyptians depended on to grow their crops.
What are floods?
The powers of the goddess named Isis in Egyptian mythology.
What are magic & healing?
Because it had the same statement written in both hieroglyphics and Greek.
What is the reason the Rosetta Stone was able to be deciphered?
The position is second-in-command and whose responsibilities included supervising the courts, tax collections, pyramid construction, and government officials
What is the vizier?
The name of the limestone statue with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion.
What is the Great Sphynx?