Vocabulary
a body preserved through a special process
What is a mummy?
The longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
The organ that Egyptians believed was weighed against a feather after death to determine if you were a good person or not.
What is the heart?
Ancient Egyptian architects designed these enormous structures as tombs for their kings.
What are pyramids?
Pyramids were built during this period.
What is the old kingdom?
An Egyptian ruler
What is a pharaoh?
Egypt is located on this continent.
What is Africa?
What is polytheism?
This famous statue was made from a single stone.
What is the Great Sphinx?
Paperlike material that Ancient Egyptians wrote on.
What is papyrus?
What are hieroglyphics?
No crops could grow in this dry, barren desert area.
What is the red land?
Only wealthy Egyptians were made into this after death.
What is a mummy?
This type of calendar had exactly 365 days and helped farmers plan when to plant and harvest their crops.
What is a solar calendar?
There were a series of six waterfalls in the Nile also known by this name.
What are cataracts?
The way people use and manage their resources.
What is economy?
The black land was the fertile area near this Egyptian city.
What is Memphis?
The jars that held a person's organs during the preservation process.
What are canopic jars?
Ancient Egyptians made advancements in chemistry leading to early forms of this material.
What is glass?
Another name for an Egyptian coffin.
What is a sarcophagus?
A ruling family.
What is a dynasty?
The Nile River flows into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean?
The 3 types of animals the monster was made of that Egyptians believed would eat you if you had a heavy soul.
What is a crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus?
Preserving bodies helped them learn about this subject area.
What is anatomy?
The Nile River was also referred to by this phrase.
What is the giver of life?