Egypt Geography
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
Africa
What is the word for digging ditches to bring water from the Nile to the farms?
Irrigation
This word means king
Pharaoh
Name the Egyptian seasons
Akhet, Peret, Shemu
What is the process for how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead?
Mummification
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
Nile
What is the plant used to make a paper like material?
Papyrus
The first female pharaoh
Hatshepsut
What determined the social groups in ancient Egypt?
Wealth and power
Egyptians buried spells and instructions from this book with their dead
Book of the Dead
What did the Egyptian economy center around?
Farming and Fishing
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
Sphynx
The leading government official who worked closely with Pharoah, his right hand man
Vizier
Name 3 of the major gods.
Re (sun god), Hapi (Nile River god), Isis (god of women and motherhood, Orisis (ruler of the dead)
Ancient Egyptians believed this body part would be weighed to see if they could get into paradise
Heart
What are 3 things the Nile provided for the Ancient Egyptians?"
1. Rich soil for growing food
2. Water for crops, people and animals
3. Egyptians used boats on the Nile to trade with other locations
What is the Ancient Egyptian form of writing called?
Hieroglyphs
This pharaoh ruled for 66 years!
Ramses II
Name 4 items Pharoah wore to display his power
Crown, shemset, flail, scepter, make up, false beard, jewellery
Mummification, the pyramids (tombs), and the Book of the Dead all show the importance of the ancient Egyptians' belief in the _______.
Afterlife
Two archeologists found this in 1922
King Tutankhamen's tomb
What were 3 math achievements?
1. 365 day year and 12 month calendar
2. Written numbers with system based on 10
3. Fractions
Dynasty
What three languages were on the Rosetta Stone?
Hieroglyphs, Demotic, Greek
The demon that ate the hearts that failed the weighing of the heart ceremony
Ammut