The direction that the Nile flows.
North (from the south up to the North)
Which social class is identified by wearing Cheetah or Leopard print?
Priests
Sea located to the East of Egypt
What is the Red Sea?
Civilization located the South of Ancient Egypt, famous for the alphabet and iron working.
What is Nubia?
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription.
Sarcophagus
triangular tract of land near the mouth of a river with fertile soil
What is the delta?
What was the name of the eyeliner and mascara that noble men and women wore around their eyes?
Kohl
the part of Egypt closest to the Mediterranean Sea
What is Lower Egypt?
The area with rock cut tombs of pharaohs and nobles of the NEW kingdom.
What is Valley of the Kings?
The three main crops grown in the fertile grounds of the Nile that helped Egypt thrive.
Wheat, Barley, and, Beans.
What are the three main parts of Egyptian history classified as?
Old, Middle, & New Kingdom.
During the Middle Kingdom, a Canal was dug to bring direct access to this Sea.
The Red Sea.
the part of Egypt furthest from the Mediterranean Sea, Thebes was the capital.
What is Upper Egypt?
What is Giza?
What is the name of the Sun god and the main god of Ancient Egypt?
Ra
Reed-like plants found near the Nile that allowed people to weave for paper and other products.
Papyrus
What was removed during embalming and before mummification?
Organs and brain from within the body.
Ordered an Expedition in to the Kingdom of Punt for exotic animals, ivory, and other resources.
Queen Hatsheput
A tablet of black rock used for translation of hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
To preserve the body before mummification, Egyptians filled the body with fluid to prevent decomposition. This is called.....
Embalming.
Known as the "World's Sandbox" and the largest desert west of the Nile?
The Sahara
What is the name of the insect that helped guide Egyptians into the afterlife?
Scarab Beetle
A long rule of power over a kingdom usually kept within the family only.
Dynasty
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
King Ramses was the first to every sign a
Peace Treaty of Kadesh
Who ordered the construction of the Great Pyramids?
Cheops