Geography
What is the name of the river that flows through ancient Egypt?
About how many gods and goddesses were there in Egyptian religion?
Over 2000.
Who is considered the most famous pharaoh?
King Tutankhamun (King Tut).
What was the sacred animal in ancient Egypt?
Cat.
What are the two deserts located in Ancient Egypt?
Eastern and Western desert.
Who was the sun god?
Ra.
Who was one of the first female pharaohs?
Hatshepsut.
Were the Egyptians monotheistic or polytheistic?
Polytheistic.
What is a savanna?
A grassy plain.
Who was the god of the sky?
Horus.
The Pyramid of _____ was the biggest structure in the world until 1311.
Giza.
What is papyrus used for?
What direction does the Nile River flow?
South to North.
Who was the wife of Osiris?
Isis.
How did someone become a pharaoh?
They were born into the royal family and became pharaoh by succession.
What is the name of the salt a mummy gets covered in during the mummification process?
Natron.
What is a cataract?
A waterfall.
Ammits body was made up of which 3 animals?
Crocodile, leopard, hippopotamus.
Pharaohs were considered ______ in human form.
Gods.
What kind of government did Egypt have? (hint: the political leader was also the religious leader)
Theocracy.