Geography
The people of ancient Egypt lived along this river
What is the Nile?
people who learned how to write and were respected by others
Who were scribes?
the name for ancient Egyptian writing
What was hieroglyphics or hieroglyphs?
the economy of ancient Egypt was based on this job
What is farming?
this organ was removed and thrown away
What is the brain?
Over 95% of the landscape in Egypt is this
What is desert?
the pharaoh was at the top of the social hierarchy followed by this group
What are noblemen (and high priest)
this was discovered in Egypt and helped archaeologists decode Egyptian writing
Was is the Rosetta Stone?
the main crop grown in ancient Egypt
What is wheat?
this was used to dry out the body once the internal organs were removed
What is natron?
Every year, the Nile did this, which left nutrient-rich soil behind
What is flood?
pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid built
Who was Khufu?
ancient Egyptian scribes wrote on this; it has the same name as the plant
What is papyrus?
ancient Egyptians worshiped pharaohs because they were human and this
What is a god?
this organ was thought to be the center of feeling and intelligence, so it was left in the body
What is the heart?
The flooding of the Nile followed the rainy season in this region of Africa
What is East Africa?
pharaoh who was the first to unite Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
Who was Narmer (Menes)?
after a person died, the Egyptians believed the spirit had to take a “test to go to this place
What is the afterlife?
women in ancient Egypt had the rights to sign documents, get divorced, and this
What is own property?
after removing the organs and drying out the body the embalmers did this to the body
What is wrap it in linen?
A group of lands controlled by one government
What is an empire?
pharaoh who was a woman and increased Egypt’s wealth by trading with other civilizations
Who was Hatshepsut?
these were the two places where the pharaohs were buried
What are the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings?
the two main topics of Egyptian writing
What are religion and government?
before placing the mummy in the sarcarphogus, the embalmers put this on so the ka would recognize itself
What is a mask?