True or False
One of the best ways to understand history and to make it interesting is to make a connection between past and present.
TRUE
This river flows through Egypt.
The Nile
The Great Sphinx had the head of a _____ and the body of a ______.
Head of a pharaoh and body of a lion
This is why the Nile was important.
Trade
Water Crops
Transportation
Name 3 Egyptian Pharaohs
Hatshepshut
Tut
Rameses
etc....
The Amazon River is the main river in Egypt.
False.
This sea was North of Egypt and the Nile River flowed into it.
Mediterranean Sea
This is why pyramids were built.
They housed tombs for pharaohs.
Desert (sand)
Nile- green plants
What is a myth?
A story told/passed down to describe how something happened in the world.
All Pharaohs were male and rulership usually went father to son.
False
This season was important in Egypt to make sure that crops were properly watered.
Flood season
This is why pharaohs were mummified and buried with all of their things.
Egyptians believed in the Afterlife. They would need their bodies and their things after they died.
This is what Ancient Egyptian writing is called.
Hieroglyphics
Are Egyptians monotheistic or polytheistic? What does that mean?
Polytheistic. They believed in more than one god.
Egyptians ate bread with sand in it, which may have caused tooth decay.
True
This sea borders Egypt to the East
Red Sea
This god was known as the "Sun" god.
Amun-Re
Ra
Amun- Ra
(any of the above)
Describe mummification (what is it...how does it work?)
Egyptians took out dead body's organs. They used special salts to embalm the body. Wrapped it in cloth.
Describe the role of jewelry and makeup in Egypt.
All men and women wore jewelry and makeup. Wealthier Egyptians wore gold, silver, and turquoise while poorer Egyptians wore pottery jewelry.
The entire process of mummification took about 16 days.
Is lower Egypt or Upper Egypt closer to the Mediterranean Sea?
Lower Egypt
She was the goddess of children and magic. The "mother" goddess.
Isis
This is why the Egyptians began hiding tombs in places like "The Valley of the Kings"
To hide tombs from tomb robbers
Why did Pharaohs wear beards?
Beards were a sign of power.