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Ancient Egypt Trivia
Keyterms
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What river floods annually giving the Egyptians rich fertile soil?
Nile River
100
What were build for tombs for the pharaohs?
pyramids
100
Egyptians practiced "herbalism", what does that mean?
make medicine with plants
100
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
100
life after death
afterlife
200
In what direction does the Nile flow?
north
200
What is an Egyptian king called?
pharoah
200
Why did the Egyptians know how to perform surgeries?
because of the work on mummies
200
About how many years ago did the Ancient Egyptian civilization take place?
5000 years
200
a skilled worker
artisan
300
What direction is upriver of the Nile? Can you travel upriver? Why or why not?
south, yes , because of wind
300
How did someone become pharaoh? use the keyterm
dynasty
300
What type of Egyptian scientist figured out the length of a calendar year?
astronomer
300
What is the first step in building a pyramid?
select a site on the west bank of the Nile
300
triangle shape area at the end of the Nile
delta
400
What part of the Nile river floods annually?
the delta
400
Whose tomb was found by Howard Carter in 1922?
King Tut
400
What was the name of the paper made by the Egyptians from the reed plants along the Nile?
papyrus
400
When did peasants NOT farm?
during flooding season
400
mummy
a preserved dead body
500
Is the Nile delta located in upper or lower Egypt?
lower
500
How did King Tut die?
we don't know
500
What are rock filled rapids called? What section of the Nile are they in?
cataracts/Nubian
500
Modern people are able to read hieroglyphic writing because this was found.
Rosetta Stone
500
Are Ancient Egyptians polytheistic or monotheistic?

What does that mean?

polytheistic-many gods