Vocabulary
People
Geography
Culture
Inventions and Technology
100
Hieroglyphics are pictures instead or letters or words.
What is Hieroglyphics?
100
The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt were the supreme leaders of the land.
Who were the Pharaohs?
100
The Nile River
What River flows north through Egypt and into the Mediterranean Sea?
100
Jewelry
What did most everyone wear? Both men and women?
100
Writing-Hieroglyphics
What is one of the most important inventions Egyptians created?
200
Papyrus paper was made from a tall reed like plant called Papyrus.
What is Papyrus?
200
Cleopatra was born a princess of Egypt.
Who was Cleopatra?
200
Thinis was the first capital city.
What is The first capital city of Ancient Egypt?
200
The average family lived in a village of sun baked mud houses.
Where did they live?
200
Cedar wood imported from Lebanon.
What did they use to build large ships?
300
A text that had a number of magic spells that were supposed to help a person in the afterlife.
What is Book of the Dead?
300
Amenhotep III ruled the Egyptian Empire during the peak of its international power and prosperity.
Who is Amenhotep III?
300
A great burial ground for the Pharaohs.
What was the valley of the kings used for?
300
The main staple of the commoner was bread
What did they eat?
300
Soot and other minerals
What was their makeup made from?
400
An archeologist who specializes in Ancient Egypt.
What is an Egyptologist?
400
Thutmose III is known as one of the greatest pharaohs in the history of Ancient Egypt.
Who is Thutmose III?
400
The pyramids were built as burial places and monuments to the Pharaohs.
What were the pyramids built for?
400
Farmers, scribes, crafts people, soldiers, priests and priestesses
What kinds of jobs did they have?
400
ashes, eggshells, and even ground up ox hooves.
What ingredients did they use to make toothpaste?
500
An Ancient Egyptian that was specially trained to read and write.
What was a scribe?
500
Tutankhamun was born a prince in Egypt's royal court around the year 1341 BC.
Who was King Tut?
500
It is located around 5 miles to the west of the Nile River near the city of Cairo, Egypt.
Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza located?
500
The Great Sphinx of Giza
What is a sculpture Ancient Egyptians are famous for?
500
Keys that were up to 2 feet long.
What did they invent for large door locks?
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