Life on the River
What was the name of the river that the Ancient Egyptian Civilization was developed around?
The Nile
What was the name of the writing the Egyptians used?
Heiroglyphs
What was the ruler of Egypt titled?
The Pharaoh
What was the process called that helped prepare the dead Pharaoh for the afterlife?
Mummification
What was the name of the giant triangular shaped tombs the Egyptians famously created?
The Pyramids
Every year, The Nile did this, which helped give fertile land to farm for the year.
Flooding
What was different about the Ancient Egyptian writing compared to today?
It used symbols instead of letters
Three things the Pharaoh ruled over
Economy, Government, Religion
Why did they leave all of the Pharaohs treasured belongings in the tombs with them?
They believed they were going to need them in the afterlife
The name of the giant Cat like architectural structure the Egyptians made (it's missing it's nose!)
The Sphinx
The Nile was unique because it flowed in this direction.
South to North
The Rosetta Stone
The name of the Ruler who united Upper and South Egypt.
The religion of the Ancient Egyptians was considered this, which means believing in many gods
Polytheistic
What was the main purpose of the pyramids?
A tomb for dead Pharaohs
The names of the two branches of the Nile River.
Blue and White Nile
One of the reasons it took so long for historians to decipher the hieroglyphs was...
The same symbol had many different meanings
The boy Pharaoh who ruled (and died) very young and had an extravagant tomb made for him
King Tut (Tutankhamen)
Three things the Egyptians did to prepare the Pharaoh for mummification
Took organs out and kept in jars, covered the body in a salt mixture, wrapped in cloth and placed in a Sarcophogus
The type of material the pyramids were made out of
Limestone
The Nile was the main source of ____________ for the Egyptians, allowing them to move between cities easily.
Transportation
What was it called when a person's name was circled in their writing, signifying an important person.
A cartouche
The Most famous female Pharaoh (also the last Pharaoh)
Cleopatra
Which god, with the head of a dog, was the God of Preserving the Dead?
Anubis
Egyptians made the very first free standing ____________ , a type of support that is still used in architecture today.
Column