Ancient Egypt
Writing
Gods/Goddesses
Afterlife
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100
What are the 3 major time periods of ancient Egypt?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
100
The Egyptians developed a complex form of writing called...
Hieroglyphs
100
This was the god of the sun.
Ra
100
The Egyptians believed that after a person died their spirit continued to live in the...
afterlife
100
Some of the things left inside a tomb for a person to continue with during their afterlife were...
jewelry, boat for transportation, pets, food, clothing, etc.
200
Who was ancient Egypt ruled by?
Pharaohs
200
What did the Egyptians carve hieroglyphs on?
temples, statues, and inside tombs
200
The husband and wife gods were...
Osiris and Isis
200
In order for the spirit to survive, the person's name had to be written down or carved in...
temples or tombs
200
A large stone structure with four triangular sloping sides is called a...
pyramid
300
What were the two most important geographic features which affected the lives of the Egyptians?
The Nile and the Saharra Desert
300
What was the paper called that Egyptians would write on?
papyrus
300
The god of the sky is ____________. He was also the son of the husband and wife gods.
Horus
300
The Egyptians believed in a process of preserving the body. The preserved body was called a...
mummy
300
The first pyramid was designed by an architect named...
Inhotep
400
Name the two capital cities of ancient Egypt.
Thebes and Memphis
400
This emperor accidentally discovered the key which was used to figure out how to read the Egyptians' writing.
Napoleon
400
The god of embalming was...
Anubis
400
To preserve the body, they dried out the body using a salt called...
natron
400
The largest tomb was built for a king called...
Khufu
500
The Egyptians traded with their southern neighbors who lived in _________.
Nubia
500
This was the key used to figure out the Egyptians' writing.
Rosetta Stone
500
He was the god of the afterlife.
Osiris
500
The internal organs were removed as part of the process of mummification. They were placed in these.
canopic jars
500
Egypt once had a great and successful female ruler who was named...
Hatshepsut
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