Egypt Geography
This river provided life for Ancient Egypt
What is the Nile?
Ancient Egyptian gods often had these kinds of heads/features
What are animalistic/animal features?
This is the term for Egyptian picture-writing
What is hieroglyphics?
Ancient Egyptians used these to lift huge stone blocks to the top of the pyramids
What are ramps?
This person was at the very top of the Egyptian social order
Who is the pharaoh?
What is desert?
This crocodile god helped bring water
Who is Sobek?
The pyramids were built during this time period (kingdom)
What is Old Kingdom?
This was the second step of the mummification process
What is wrapping?
In this job, reading and writing was essential
What is a scribe?
Name one of the Seas surrounding Ancient Egypt
What is the Red Sea OR What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Mummies were made so they could reach this
What is the afterlife?
This word means a family of rulers
What is a dynasty?
This is about how long it took to build the Great Pyramid
What is 23 years?
Most people in Ancient Egypt had this job
What is a farmer?
These are the two regions of Ancient Egypt
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
The Egyptian god of the sky with a falcon head
Who is Horus?
A type of paper made from plants
What is papyrus?
The special kind of salt mixture used to preserve mummies
What is natron?
This is the name for a high government official
What is a vizier (or nomarch)?
The triangular shaped area at the mouth of the Nile (or any river) is called this
What is a delta?
Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods, aka this word
What is polytheistic?
Ancient Egyptians invented the first form of this game
What is bowling?
Ancient Egyptians used these to perfectly align the pyramids to the four directions
What are the stars?
This is another word for any worker who makes things
What is an artisan?