Nile River is the longest river in the world - True or False
True
100
The Egyptians used its stems to make paper.
Papyrus
100
The sun god
Ra
100
Egyptians developed a form of writing called
hieroglyphics
100
What are the pyramids made out of?
large stones
200
Why was the Nile River so important to early Egyptian civilization?
Egypt was mostly desert. The Nile River provided water to bring life to the people who lived by it.
200
Waterfalls that broke up the flow of the Nile River
Cataracts
200
Was a daughter of a pharaoh that became a great ruler
Hatshepsut
200
What was hieroglyphics recorded on?
clay or stone tablet
200
What was the purpose of building pyramids?
they served as houses or tombs for the dead
300
The Nile River flows through a triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers spread out - what is the vocabulary word for this triangular-shaped area?
Delta
300
The Egyptians were polytheistic - what does this word mean?
believed in many gods
300
The Great Pyramid was built for this pharoah
Khufu
300
This stone was decoded and solved the mystery of how to read hieroglphics
Rosetta Stone
300
Kings were buried with something in their pyramids - what?
Their possesions, jewelry, food
400
What caused the Nile River to be deadly?
The heavy rainfall which caused overflowing and it would kill people and destroy crops.
Who has tatoos, black hair, and has a problem with dogs?
400
The Egyptians used people to keep written records - what was the title for this person?
A scribe
400
This was a popular king's tomb that was discovered in the twentieth century
King Tut
400
About how many different hieroglyphic symbols were there
at least 700
400
Before pharaohs were placed in the pyramids, the Egyptians believed in preserving the bodies of their dead - what was this process called?