Ancient Egypt 1
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
What is Sphinx?
What is one characteristic for which Egypt’s Middle Kingdom is especially famous?
Reunification and/or the Arts
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?
Which Pharaoh was more focused on trade than warfare?
Hatshepsut
Who was credited with building the White Chapel?
Senusret I
Egyptian gods or goddesses were often pictured with human bodies and the heads of _______
What are animals?
It was built from more than 2 million stone blocks. It had tunnels inside. What was it?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?
The New Kingdom
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
What is the Nile?
I ruled Egypt for more than 60 years.
I was a famous military leader.
I had hundreds of statues built to honor me.
Who am I?
Ramses II
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?
Senusret I controlled a source of natural resources that were used in beautiful works of art. What was that source?
Mines for gold, copper, and gems
Who signed the World's first Peace Treaty? (2 Groups)
Egyptians and the Hittites
This is a female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Why is King Tut one of the most well-known pharaohs?
Amazing artifacts were found in Tut's tomb
These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines
What are pyramids?
What was one method Khufu used to ensure that his power would be accepted?
Declared he was a god
Mummification, the pyramids (tombs), and the Book of the Dead all show the importance of the ancient Egyptians' belief in the _______.
What is afterlife?
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?
Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?
to preserve dead bodies of the pharaohs
The Egyptians worshipped many gods. The term for that is _____.
What is polytheistic?