Geography
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
Sun god
Ra
What was the title of the Egyptian leader?
Pharaoh
What are the three periods in ancient Egypt?
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
Name of a wrapped dead corpse in Egypt.
Mummy
What river runs through the Egyptian civilization?
The Nile River
God of the Dead
Osiris
This pharaoh is most known for the discovery of his tomb in 1922.
King Tut
What is the name of one of the three types of ancient Egyptian writing?
Hieroglyphics, hieratic, and demotic.
Embalment
Irrigation
God of embalming (represented with a jackal head)
Anubis
Most pharaohs were men, but some were women like this one who started as regent for her son Thutmose.
Hatshepsut
What is the main purpose of the Egyptian pyramids?
Tombs for pharaohs
Sarcophagus
What body of water was north of Egypt and the Nile River?
Mediterranean Sea
Gods were believed to be able to take animal form on Earth. Name one of the animals listed in the article from Tuesday's class.
Goose, ram, cat, baboon
This king is known for unifying Upper and Lower Egypt about 5,000 years ago
Menes
France
What process was done to determine if a soul moves to the Underworld or the Field of Rushes?
Weighing of the Heart
Term for a triangular shaped lowland near a river
Delta
The sky god
Horus
Khufu
What is one reason the Egyptian civilization decline?
the treasury had been drained by extensive building projects and by the army. Hungry workers had to resort to strikes to get their wages in Grain. The central government weakened, in the country split up once more into small states.
What is the name for the soul or life force in ancient Egypt?
Ka or Ba