Vocabulary
Pharoahs
Mummification
Inventions
Geography
100
This famous Pharoah’s life was cut short at the age of 19
Who is Tutankhamun
100
In Ancient Egypt, as in today, this person prepares a dead body for burial
What is an embalmer
100
Paper comes from the name of this reed that grows along the banks of the Nile
What is papyrus
100
This desert, the largest in the world, was one of the natural barriers that protected Ancient Egypt from invasion.
What is the Sahara Desert
200
As the Egyptian military invaded other countries and collected this tax.
What is tribute
200
This female pharaoh dressed like a man and wore a fake beard, presumably because she might not have been accepted as ruler.
What is Hatshpsut
200
Eventually pharaohs stopped building pyramids and instead showed a preference for being buried in one of these tombs.
What is mortuary tombs
200
This invention was used to protect the skin from the sun
What is makeup
200
The Nile River empties into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean
300
Boys who excelled at writing in school might get a job as one of these.
What is a scribe
300
The Great Pyramid, one of the wonders of the ancient world, was built for this pharaoh's burial.
What is Khufu
300
This box, where a mummy was placed, was often made of granite or other stone including alabaster.
What is a sarcophagus
300
This timely invention was given to the modern world from the Egyptians
What is The clock
300
Unlike most rivers in the region, the Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north
400
In system of organization that was used in Ancient Egypt, levels of authority are ranked one above the other.
What is a hierarchy
400
This pharaoh loved making images of himself, and on his mortuary temple in Thebes, he had a 57-foot-high statue of himself that weighed 1,000 tons.
Who is Ramesses
400
Egyptians used these jars to store the dead person's internal organs
What is canopic jars
400
This invention revolutionized farming for the Ancient Egyptians.
What is the Ox Drawn Plow
400
This area, just south of Cairo on the west side of the Nile is home to the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
What is Giza
500
This Egyptian writing at first appears to be simple pictographs, but is actually made up mostly of symbols representing syllabic sounds.
What is hieroglyphics
500
As "High Priest of Every Temple' this name for an Egyptian ruler represented all the gods on Earth
What is Pharoah
500
This important part of the body was reportedly extracted by a hook through the nose
What is the brain
500
The invention of this device helped farmers get water from the Nile River into their storage canals
What is a shadoof
500
This continent is where Egypt is located.
What is Africa
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