Ancient Egypt 1
Large stone tombs with four triangular sides that met in a point on the top; built so the dead could climb to heaven; built during the Old Kingdom
What is pyramid
Located in northern Egypt; called this because it was flat, on a plain
What is Lower Egypt?
Worshipping multiple gods
What is polytheistic?
Mummies were placed in these
What is a tomb?
social classes in Ancient Egypt
What is pharaoh, nobles, merchants, peasants
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
This word means king
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 is the largest pyramid ever built; built by the pharaoh Khufu
What is the Great Pyramid?
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?
What are cataracts?
What is to show ownership of Upper and Lower Egypt
This is a female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Egyptian Sun God
Who is Ra?
What is a trade route?
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
The Nile River flows
What is south to north?
Two archeologists found this in 1922
What is King Tut's tomb?
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
What is paper?
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
What is mummification?
This pharaoh became king at age 9
Who is King Tut?
This is what is inside canopic jars
What are body parts?