Mummification
The first step in the Egyptian mummification process?
What is the embalmer cleans out the skull
The two natural barriers Egypt has that discouraged foreign invaders
What are the cataracts of the Nile and the Sahara Desert
Name three of the many gods the Egyptians believed in
Isis Amun-Ra
Osiris Horus
Anubis Hathor
Hapi
True or False
Kush was a land along the Nile River to the south of Egypt
True
This person led the Israelites out of Egypt and slavery
Who is Moses
What is natron
The name of the triangle like shape the Nile takes before it empties into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Nile Delta
One of the main themes for Egyptian music
What is the Nile
Why trade grew in Kush
What is the abundance of natural resources
In which Kingdom, the Old, the Middle, or the New did the Egyptians experience peace and stability
What is the Middle Kingdom
What are canopic jars
The name of the sea that separates Egypt from Israel
What is the Red Sea
The Egyptian god of the underworld
Who is Osiris
What is:
The Egyptians were afraid of Kush's growing power
These were built to show the power and wealth of the pharaohs and serves as their tombs for the afterlife
What are the Pyramids of Giza
The name of the god in charge of the dead
What is Anubis
The name of the dam that controls annual flooding in modern day Egypt
What is the Aswan High Dam
The Egyptians believed in this sun god
Who is Amun-ra
Three ways in which Egypt influenced the Kushite civilization
What is through dress, their religious beliefs, and their language (hieroglyphics)
Name the social classes in Egypt and state who was at the top of the social pyramid
Pharaoh
Noble, generals, viziers
Priests, soldiers, scribes
Merchants, farmers, servants, slaves
The last step in the mummification process
What is: once the natron is removed from the body, it is washed and wrapped in linen cloths and then buried
The name of the large man made lake as the result of a modern day built dam in the Nile
What is Lake Nassar
After a person died, he traveled to this place
What is the Hall of Judgment
Where their hearts were weighed against the Feather of Truth
The reason for the decline of the Kushite civilization after 400 years
What is they used up all their natural resources
cut all their trees, overgrazed the savannas
Name three ways in which God used Joseph
What is:
1. He advised Pharaoh to store food in the 7 years of famine
2. He was the overseer over the food storage
3. He helped many people including the Israelites, his own family