Life in Ancient Egypt
What material did Egyptians write on, made from a Nile plant?
Papyrus
What is the name of the river Ancient Egypt was built along?
The Nile River
Which god is the supreme leader of the gods?
Ra
What is the process of preserving a body after death called?
Mummification
What structure did pharaohs build as their tombs?
Pyramids
What is the writing style used by Ancient Egyptians?
Hieroglyphics
What is the name for the fertile soil after the Nile flooded?
Silt
What is the term for believing in many gods?
Polytheism
What special salt was used to dry out the body?
Natron
What type of stones built Pyramid of Giza?
Limestones
What is the name for the system that ranked Egyptians from pharaoh down to slave?
Social Hierarchy
What desert covered most of Ancient Egypt?
The Sahara Desert
Who was the last female pharoah?
Cleopatra
Which jackal-headed god was linked to mummification?
Anubis
What horse-drawn vehicle did soldiers use in battle?
Chariots
What is the name of the "right hand man" of the Pharoah?
Vizier
What is the name for the Nile's yearly flooding cycle that Egyptian farming depended on?
The inundation (the flood)
Which sky god, son of Osiris and Isis, was shown with a falcon head and double crown?
Horus
In the Weighing of the Heart, what was the heart weighed against?
A feather (the feather of Ma'at)
Which pharaoh was the Great Pyramid of Giza built for?
Khufu
What stone led historians to translate hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone
What is the nickname historians use for the Nile because of how important it was to Egyptians?
"Gift of Egypt" (or "Gift of the Nile")
Which young pharaoh's tomb was found almost completely intact in 1922?
Tutankhamun
What were the four jars called that stored a person's organs?
Canopic jars
How many years did the Great Pyramid of Giza take to build?
20 years