Stable food
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
Africa
What is Ancient Egyptian writing called...
Hieroglyphics
Bucket system used to bring water from the Nile
What is Shaduf/Shadoof
Who was the government and religious leader?
What is the Pharaoh?
Pyramids were build during this Kingdom
What is the OLD Kingdom?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
Nile
Name 3 pieces of evidence that Ancient Egyptians had ART
Jewelry, make-up, paintings, hieroglyphics,
Made of reed plants, used to write on
Papyrus
How were people organized into the social pyramid?
Wealth, power and jobs
Spells and instructions for tombs were in this book...
Book of the Dead
3 things the Nile provided for Egyptians
floods for farming, drinking and bathing, protection, trade
A name tag (to be placed on a sarcophagus) or Egyptian name necklace
Cartouche
Egyptians used these on the Nile for trading...
What are boats?
These people wrote and kept records
Scribes
Organs were in these special jars
What are Canopic Jars?
This is a word that means moving water, digging ditches for water supply
Irrigation
Egyptian tombs were decorated with this...
What are Hieroglyphs, statues, paintings of gods and goddesses
Process for preserving the dead
What is embalming or mummification?
First known female Pharaoh...
Who is Hatshepsut?
Mummification, the pyramids (tombs), and the Book of the Dead all show the importance of the ancient Egyptians' belief in the _______.
Afterlife
fertile soil for farming is called this...
SILT
What did Ancient Egyptians often draw or paint?
Religious art, like gods
Ancient Egyptian board game, sort of like chess
What is Senet?
Belief in many gods is also called this
Polytheistic
This was built for Khufu, is 500 feet tall and used 2 million stone blocks.
The Great Pyramid