Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
What were the Egyptian social classes?
Pharaoh, Gov't officials, priests, scribes, artisans, and peasants
Egyptian gods or goddesses were often pictured with human bodies and the heads of _______
What are animals?
Mummies were placed in these
What is a tomb?
Egypt is surrounded by what geographical feature?
What is desert?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
What were Egyptian Kings called?
What is Pharaoh?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is 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
What is False?
This word is what happens when there was too much water for the Nile to hold
What is flood?
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
What is Sphinx?
True of False: The Nile floods every year
What is True?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
Ancient Egyptians believed this body part would be weighed to see if they could get into paradise
What is the heart?
What is irrigation?
This is a female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Who Pharaoh built the White Chapel?
Senusret
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
This government official is in charge of collecting taxes
Chief Treasurer
Egyptians believed the dead went to the _______.
What is afterlife?
Who is known for building the pyramid of Giza?
Khufu
What social class would use paper and reeds to work with?
Who are scribes?
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
What is mummification?
True or False: The Hymn to the Nile is about how the Egyptians are thankful for the Nile and includes references to sacrifices and festivals held in honor of the Nile
What is true?
What did priests do before they started their day at the temple?
Cleanse themselves