Proper Nouns (VIPs)
MUST Capitalize answer
MUST Capitalize answer
All of Pharaoh's army was destroyed in the Red Sea during the
New Kingdom
Boys of _____________________ families started school at age four or five.
upper-class
Who was the Egyptian god of the underworld?
Osiris
Kush had an abundance of natural resources. Name 2.
gold, ivory, copper, fertile soil, ebony, the Nile River
What must you do to the first sentence of any paragraph you write?
indent
This archeologist discovered King Tut's tomb of treasures.
Howard Carter
What helped preserve the papyrus from Ancient Egypt that has allowed it to survive to this day?
Egypt's hot, dry climate
Who awakened, washed, fed, and put makeup on the idol of Horus each morning?
the pharaoh
Egyptians feared the growing _____________________ of the Kushites.
power
How many sentences typically constitute a paragraph?
5-8
This pharaoh was a religious revolutionary and believed Egypt should only worship one god.
Akhenaten
The Egyptian civilization was _________________ by God for its pride.
judged
Who was the jackal-headed Egyptian god who weighed a dead person's heart?
Anubis
Like Egypt, Kush used a _____________________ and irrigation system to farm more land.
shadoof
What is the basic sentence layout of a paragraph? Should have at least 3 answers.
Topic or Introduction sentence
Body or Detail sentences
*Optional - Evidence sentences
Conclusion sentence
The Great _______________ was one of the Egypt's last pharaohs.
Ramses II
Name three reasons why the Pyramids of Giza were built.
1) to show the pharaoh's power and wealth
2) to use as tombs
3) for the afterlife
Egyptians believed a copy of the ___________________ should be buried with a person when he/she died.
Book of the Dead
When the Kushites exhausted their natural resources, they were conquered by the _____________________.
Aksum
Who was the Egyptologist who translated the hieroglyphics from the Rosetta Stone?
Jean-Francois Champollion
2 Answers: _____________________ was named for the mountain area to the south of Egypt while _____________________ was named for the low plains around the Nile Delta.
Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt
Draw a social pyramid, then write one name of a person who existed in EACH level of the pyramid.
1) pharoah
2) nobles, generals, viziers
3) priests, soldiers, scribes, artisans
4) farmers, merchants, slaves, servants
The Egyptian "model family" included:
Osiris, Isis, Horus
Kush gained its independence from Egypt and established a capital at _____________________.
Napata
Identify and explain TWO key differences between Egyptian religion and Christian biblical truth.
1) Polytheism vs. Monotheism
2) Afterlife vs. Heaven
3) Soul vs. Body