Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
Africa
Most people in Egypt were (profession)
farmers
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
mummification
Mummies were placed in these
a tomb
This was formed in Lower Egypt, where the Nile River spread out and empties into the Mediterranean Sea (triangle shaped)
a delta
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
The Nile
Who was at the top of the social hierarchy in ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
It provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
True or False: All ancient Egyptians knew how to read and write
False
More than 90% of Egypt consist of (is made of) this.
desert
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
Sphinx
True of False: The Nile floods every year
True
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egyptians believed this body part would be weighed to see if they could get into the afterlife.
The heart
This black rock helped historians decipher (figure out) ancient hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
This was the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt
Hatshepsut
1st Egyptian Pharaoh who united the upper and lower Egypt's
Menes
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
pyramids
These were people who were trained to read and write
a scribe
Mummification and the pyramids (tombs) show the importance of the ______ in ancient Egypt
Afterlife
Howard Carter found this in 1922
King Tut's tomb
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
paper
A way of distributing good and services.
Economy
These are the three kingdoms of ancient Egypt
Old, middle and new
The Egyptians worshipped many gods. The term for that is _____.
polytheistic