Pyramids
What was the main purpose for the pyramids?
Tombs for pharaohs
Who was in control of the economy, religion, and government of ancient Egypt?
The Pharaoh
What is the name of the sun god?
Ra / Re (Ray)
True/False - Lower Egypt is located in the North.
True
The Nile
What happened to the artifacts and remains inside the pyramids?
Robbed/stolen
What pharaoh was known as 'the boy king'?
Tut (Tutankhaman)
Why did the Egyptians mummify the dead?
Live forever in after life
The Nile river flows from ____ to ____.
North, South, East, West
What was the writing in ancient Egypt called?
Hieroglyphics
What is the name of the pharaoh who had the 'Great Pyramid' built?
Khufu
What was so special about King Tut's tomb discovery in 1922?
Intact with all artifacts
The belief in many gods is known as what?
Polytheism
What do they call the place where a river ends and fans out as it empties in to a lake or sea?
Delta
What did the ancient Egyptians write on?
Papyrus
The Great Pyramid and Sphinx can be found in what Egyptian city?
a. Cairo
b. Giza
c. Thebes
d. Luxor
b. Giza
What was worn to show a pharaoh controlled both upper and lower Egypt?
A double crown
Egypt was a _______, meaning its government was controlled by religion.
Theocracy
What annual event concerning the Nile was crucial to the creation and survival of society in ancient Egypt?
Flooding
What is the technology called in which the Egyptians provided water to their fields?
a. irrigation
b. excavation
c. exclamation
d. swimming pool
a. Irrigation
About how many football fields would fit in the base of the great pyramid?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 9
d. 13
c. 9
What was the name of the pharaoh who wore a fake beard, was a woman, and ruled during the new kingdom?
a. Tut
b. Menes
c. Ahmose
d. Hatshepsut
d. Hatshepsut
What city became the capital during the New Kingdom and was the main center for the temple of the sun god?
Thebes
What do we call the shallow spots of the Nile River that is impassable by boat much of the year and is full of rocks and rapids?
cataracts
What is the name of the 'stone' that helped translate the meaning of hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone