Geography
Government
This and That
Religion
Contributions
100
Borders Egypt on the east, south and west
What are deserts?
100
A powerful Egyptian ruler was known as
Who is a pharaoh?
100
Social class with the most people in it
What are the peasants (unskilled workers and farmers)?
100
To preserve a body after someone has passed away
What is embalm?
100
Name this Egyptian early form of paper
What is papyrus?
200
Egypt is located on this continent
What is Africa?
200
He united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Pharaoh Menes?
200
A very coarse and rough textured gauze-like fabric for clothing
What is linen?
200
Type of Old Kingdom tomb in which pharaohs were buried.
What is a pyramid?
200
A large piece of black rock which was the key to understanding hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
This resource sustains all Egyptian life
What is the Nile River?
300
Makes written records for government offices, temples and institutions
What is a scribe?
300
This region is along the southern part of the Nile River
What is Upper Egypt?
300
Wealthy ancient Egyptians preserved their dead by mummification for this.
What is the after-life?
300
Pictures of objects such as animals or plants to represent words
What is hieroglyphics?
400
The richest farmland in Egypt is found in this area
What is the Nile Delta?
400
A family of rulers
What is a dynasty?
400
It's dirty and is carried down the Nile River and deposited on the banks in Northern Egypt.
What is silt?
400
The pharaoh was the highest level of the social pyramid because this was thought to run through his veins.
What is the blood of the gods?
400
What is an imaginary creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion.
What is a sphinx?
500
The Nile River empties into this
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
500
Names historians give to the periods on time in Ancient Egypt.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom?
500
One of the most powerful rulers in Egypt and also a woman.
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
Osiris, Isis, Horus, Anubis and Ra.
Who are Egyptian gods?
500
The name of the leader for whom The Great Pyramid was built
Who is Khufu?
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