Ancient Egypt 1
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located.
What is Africa?
This the type of jar they placed body organs in
Canopic
A staff often with a carving on one end held by rulers.
What is a scepter?
A burial room for the dead pharaohs.
What is a tomb?
Often seen in deserts, it gives the appearance of an illusion due to shimmering heat waves.
What is a mirage?
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river.
What is the Nile?
This word means king, queen, or ruler.
Bonus $100: Name a female pharaoh.
What is Pharaoh?
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians to grow their crops.
What is rich soil?
One ancient Egyptian invention was the kite? true or false
What is False?
This happens every year when there is too much water for the Nile to hold.
What is a flood?
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
BONUS: what was its job?
What is Sphinx?
True of False: The Nile floods its banks every year.
What is True?
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing using symbols and pictures.
What are Hieroglyphics?
The rich people lived in what part of Ancient Egypt. What was it called?
Upper Egypt
The word for digging ditches to bring water from the Nile to the farms.
What is irrigation?
What were the roles of the pharaoh? (3)
Defend Ancient Egypt, rule, religious roles.
These feline animals were said to be very important to Ancient Egyptians and many kept them as pets.
What are cats?
Tombs of dead pharaohs were found inside 3 of these.
Bonus: Where else were they buried? $200
What are pyramids?
Valley of the Kings
Name 4 things the Nile River was used for?
Water source, Swimming, Transport, Farming
Khafre ruled from 2589BC to 2566BC. How long did he rule for?
23 years
Where are the 3 pyramids of Egypt and what were they called?
Giza, Khufre, Khafre, Menekaure
Name the social pyramid in order.
Pharaoh, viziers, high priest, nobleman, soldiers, scribes, merchants, craftsmen, farmers and slaves.
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead.
What is mummification?
BONUS: Can you name 4 steps out of 8. $400
Khufre ruled from 2576BC to 2532BC. How long did he rule for?
44 years
Ancient Egypt lasted from 3100BC- 30CE. How long did the whole ancient Egypt period last for?
3130 years