Vocabulary
Mummies
Geography
Nile
More Egypt
100
Who was the leader or ruler of Egyptians?
What is Pharaoh
100
How long did it take to mummify a person?
70 days
100
What continent is Egypt located in?
Africa
100
What does the Nile do every year?
What is flood
100
Why were the pyramids built?
as tombs for the Pharaohs
200
Who were scribes?
People who could read or write
200
What body part did they leave in the body?
heart
200
What is the major river in Egypt?
What is the Nile
200
The Nile River is the world's _______________ river.
longest
200
What did Egyptians eat and drink every day?
Beer and bread
300
Paper was made out of what?
What is Papyrus
300
What substance did they use to drain the fluid from the body?
What is salt
300
What physical feature takes up most of Egypt?
What is desert
300
What did the Ancient Egyptian use the Nile for?
What is farming, fish, travel
300
Why is King Tut famous?
because they found his tomb with treasures, it wasn't robbed
400
Egyptian Writing
What is Heiroglyphics
400
What does the spirit, Ba, look like?
a bird with a human head
400
What is the major desert in Egypt?
The Sahara Desert
400
How long is the Nile River?
over 4,000 miles long
400
Camels are called "the ___________ of the desert"
What is ships
500
What is polytheism?
The belief in many Gods
500
Why did the Egyptians make mummies?
They wanted to make sure the spirit Ba would recognize them in death.
500
What part of Africa is Egypt located in?
the Northern part
500
Where does the Nile originate and end?
It starts at Lake Victoria and flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
500
What Egyptian invention is important for us in getting through each year?
What is the 365 day calender
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