Nile
A tool used to measure the Nile's water levels
What is a Nilometer?
These are the three kingdoms of Ancient Egypt.
What are the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?
An ancient rock stele or monument carved with Egyptian hieroglyphics, Greek, and another script; used as a key to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Who is Osiris?
This pharaoh began ruling at 9 years old and is famous for his tomb.
Who is King Tut?
The Nile is different from other rivers because of this.
What is 'it flows south to north'?
The Old Kingdom is famous for building these structures, and is also known as "The Age of ___."
What are Pyramids?
This plant grew along the banks of the Nile and was used to make baskets, boats, and rope. Egyptian scribes and preiests used this to keep records, write letters, and record stories.
What is papyrus?
Egyptians believed this jackal-headed god weighed a dead person's heart and was the guardian of the dead.
Anubis
This pharaoh was one of the last pharaohs of Egypt and defeated the Hittites.
Who is Rameses II?
These are one of Egypt's natural barriers.
What are cataracts?
During this time, Egyptians experienced peace, stability, and restored trade with their neighbors.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Hieroglyphics that represented a name, usually a pharaoh's, that are presented in an oval shape as Ancient Egyptians believed an oval shape offered protection.
What is a cartouche?
Egyptian families modeled themselves after this family.
Who are Osiris, Isis, and Horus?
This Queen was appointed regent over her nephew and crowned herself Pharaoh
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
The area of mountains along the Nile was called this and the plains around the Nile were known as this.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
After these people were driven out of Egypt, the New Kingdom was established.
Who are the Hyksos?
These are the six steps of the mummification process.
What are:
1. The embalmer cleaned out the skull
2. The embalmer cleaned out the abdominal cavities and dried the liver, stomach, lungs, and intestines.
3. The embalmer placed the organs in the canopic jars.
4. The body was filled with spices
5. The body was soaked in natron for seventy days
6. Once removed from the natron, the body was washed and wrapped in linen strips. (Body was placed in a sarcophagus)
These two gods were combined into one god during the Middle Kingdom and were given this new name.
Who are Amun, Ra, Amun-Ra?
This pharaoh was the greatest warrior king and expanded the Egyptian Empire to the Euphrates River.
Who is Thutmose III?
The Ancient Egyptians developed a calendar based on this and named their seasons these.
What is "the flooding of the Nile" and "Flood, Planting, and Harvest"?
Egypt did this shortly after the New Kingdom was established because of this.
What is enslaved the Israelites because the Egyptians were afraid of foreigners growing powerful and taking over Egypt?
These are the levels of the Ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is at the bottom are farmers, merchants, servants, and slaves; above them are priests, soldiers, scribes, and artisans; above them are nobles, pharaoh's generals, and viziers, and the pharaoh is at the top?
Ancient Egyptians believed that a dead person did these three things.
What are:
1. Traveled by boat to the Hall of Judgement
2. Should have a copy of the Book of the Dead buried with him.
3. Would chant from a portion of text (the Book of the Dead) to declare his innocence during judgment.
Who are Amenhotep IV, Akhenaten, and Aten?