Pharaohs
The Nile River
Egyptian Religion
The Afterlife
Miscellaneous
100
The "boy king"
Who is Tut?
100
The Nile was this many miles long
What is 4,000?
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
When Egyptians died, this underworld god judged them
Who is Osiris?
100
French scholar who deciphered hieroglyphics
Who is Jean Champollion?
200
The great builder
Who is Ramses II?
200
These are waterfalls along the Nile that protected the Egyptians from invasion
What are cataracts?
200
Egyptian gods controlled the forces of this
What is nature?
200
Crocodile-shaped eater of the dead
What is Ammit?
200
Egyptian paper
What is papyrus?
300
Created Egypt's wealth and often compared to Napolean
Who is Thutmose III?
300
This historian called Egypt the "Gift of the Nile"
Who is Herodotus?
300
The belief in one god
What is Monotheism?
300
Burial tombs for the pharaohs
What are pyramids?
300
Ruling family
What is a dynasty?
400
Established new religion that believed that there is but one god, sun god Aten
Who is Amenhotep IV?
400
This black soil rich in minerals was deposited by flooding rivers creating fertile soil for farming
What is silt?
400
Egyptian gods typically identified with this
What are animals?
400
Process that preserved the body of the dead for entry into the afterlife
What is mummification?
400
Chief minister who helped the pharaoh rule
Who is a Vizier?
500
His tomb was significant because it was largely intact
Who is King Tut?
500
This reed grew along the Nile and was used for making paper
What is papyrus?
500
Stone that holds the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
Hieroglyphic symbol meaning life
What is ANKH?
500
Egyptian pictorial writing
What is Hieroglyphics?