Nile River
Egyptian Achievements
Vocabulary
Pharaohs/Rulers
Religion
100
The Nile was called both a _______ and ________ of life.
What is a giver and a taker?
100
These were where mummies were housed.
What is the pyramids?
100
A line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
100
The first female ruler
Who is Hatshepsut?
100
This is why a pharaoh is different from a king.
What is a pharaoh is seen as a god, a king is just seen as a ruler (but human).
200
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is south to north?
200
The type of writing Egyptians used
What is hieroglyphics?
200
A time between kingdoms/dynasties
What is intermediate period?
200
This ruler united Egypt for the first time.
Who is King Narmer?
200
This person performed the mummification ceremony.
Who is a priest?
300
The Nile River divides Egypt into two parts. Name them.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
300
How the Egyptians tracked the flooding of the Nile river.
What is an accurate calendar based on the floods?
300
The paper Egyptians used to write on.
What is papyrus?
300
A ruler who was a puppet of the military and priests.
Who is King Tut?
300
The sun god
What is Ra or Amun or Amun-Ra?
400
The Nile River helped farmers in this way.
What is it left behind silt and provided fresh water?
400
This is what mummies were buried in.
What is a sarcophagus?
400
This word means around or about and is symbolized by a lowercase c.
What is circa?
400
Nicknamed "The Great"
Who is Ramses II?
400
The ceremony where a pharaoh would be able to go to the afterlife.
What is the weighing of the heart ceremony?
500
The Nile River hurt settlers in this way.
What is it flooded and could often destroy crops and buildings?
500
The best Social Studies teacher EVER (or at least in 7th grade...)
Who is Miss Thompson! :D
500
Egyptian ruler
What is a pharaoh?
500
Came to power after the death of his brother.
Who is Ahmose?
500
How mummies, pharaohs and pyramids are all related.
What is pharaohs were seen as gods and they had to be mummified and placed in a pyramid in order to honor the gods and go to the afterlife.
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