The Nile River flows toward the...
(north)
(south)
What is north?
100
A decorated coffin for pharaohs or rich people
What is sarcophagus?
100
The Main God of Ancient Egyptian religion was
(Ra)
(Anubis)
Who is Ra?
100
Material used to build Egyptian homes
What is mud brick?
100
A professional writer
What is a scribe?
200
Egypt is located on the continent of....
(Africa)
(Europe)
What is Africa?
200
Egyptian writing system of pictures and symbols
What is Hieroglyphics?
200
Some pharaohs were buried in pyramids, but many were buried in the
(Valley of the Shadow of Death)
(Valley of Kings)
What is Valley of Kings?
200
Place of worship where people honored a God
What is a temple?
200
A mineral used to dehydrate the body during mummification
What is natron?
300
The Nile River Delta region was located in Lower Egypt and was...
(Dry, with little or no farming possible)
(Lush, with excellent conditions for farming)
What is lush, with excellent conditions for farming?
300
An oval with hieroglyphic writing inside (like a name tag)
What is cartouche?
300
King Tut was called the "Boy King" because...
(he assumed power between 7 and 9, died before he was 20)
(he enjoyed playing with toys)
(his friends were all children)
What is because he assumed power between 7 and 9, and died before he was 20?
300
The occupation of MOST Ancient Egyptians
What is a farmer?
300
A family of rulers; power passed down from one generation to the next
What is a dynasty?
400
Upper Egypt was located....
(Upriver, to the south)
(Downriver, to the south)
(Upriver, to the north)
(Downriver, to the north)
What is Upriver, to the south?
400
Reeds that grow along the Nile River; Egyptians used it to make PAPER
What is papyrus?
400
When a person reached the underworld, Anubis measured the person's heart against the...
(scale of good deeds)
(bone of paradise)
(feather of truth)
What is the feather of truth?
400
The Egyptian diet consisted mainly of
What are vegetables and bread?
400
CONTAINERS that held the organs of mummified bodies
What are canopic jars?
500
Lower Egypt was located...
(Upriver, to the south)
(Downriver, to the south)
(Upriver, to the north)
(Downriver, to the north)
What is Downriver, to the north?
500
A system of canals and ditches; brought water to dry land
What is irrigation?
500
The discovery of King Tut's tomb was important because...
(it became the movie set for the Indiana Jones movies)
(it was undisturbed and had hieroglyphics and many artifacts that helped us learn about Egyptian daily life)
(the many trap doors caused the deaths of several archaeologists)
What is it was undisturbed and had hieroglyphics and many artifacts that helped us learn about Egyptian daily life?
500
Egyptians were not typically paid with money, but with