Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
What jobs were at the top of the social pyramid?
Pharaohs and priests
Name one of the Gods of Ancient Egypt
Who are Ra, Aton, Amon-Ra, Hapi?
Mummies were placed in these
What is a tomb?
This is the habitat of Egypt
What is desert?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
This word means king
What is Pharaoh?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is it provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
True or False: All ancient Egyptians knew how to read and write
What is False?
This word is what happens when there was too much water for the Nile to hold
What is flood?
What did Egyptians believe happened after you died?
They believed people would have a good afterlife
Who was usually next to rule as Pharaoh in Egypt?
One of the Pharaohs children would take the throne
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
What was the capital of the New Kingdom?
What is Thebes?
Name three things that could have been found while excavating King Tut's tomb
They found 5000 objects in the tomb. Examples - statues, gold jewelry, Tutankhamun's mummy, chariots, model boats, canopic jars, chairs, and paintings
This is a female pharaoh, who was one of the most successful
Who is Hatshepsut?
This is what is inside canopic jars
What are body parts?
These enormous structures were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
Name one contribution from Ancient Egypt to our world today.
paper, writing, medicine, solar calendar, arithmetic, cubits, etc.
What are three animals that were fished or hunted on the Nile River?
crocodile, birds, hippos, fish, quail, ducks, ect.
What artwork did Egyptian artists produce?
Carved huge statues from stone, obelisks, made figures of people, pottery, jewelry, furniture, decorated temples with drawings
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
What is paper?
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
What is mummification?
Ancient Egyptians removed all organs except the ____
What is the heart?
What are 3 benefits for civilizations settling near a river valley?
fertile soil, access to water routes for trade, access to a water supply, resources such as fish