Time Periods
Put the following time periods in chronological order.
1st Intermediate, New Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, 2nd Intermediate, Old Kingdom
The boy king who ruled Egypt at only 9 years old.
Who is Tutankhamun?
This is the direction of the flow of the Nile River.
What is South-North?
The discovery of this artifact allowed historians to finally understand hieroglyphics.
This role is at the top of the social pyramid of ancient Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
This terms means a religion in which the people believe in multiple gods.
These are the two parts of the soul, according to ancient Egyptian beliefs.
What are the Ka and the Ba?
This is where pharaohs were laid to rest during the New Kingdom period.
The female pharaoh who referred to herself as "King" and dressed in men's clothing.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This term refers to the triangle shaped area of land in Lower Egypt.
What is the Nile Delta?
This material is what most ancient Egyptian clothing was made of.
What is linen?
This group of people made up the majority of the population in ancient Egypt.
What are farmers?
This is the god of the sun.
Who is Ra?
This collection of spells is buried with the deceased to help them pass onto the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
What is Thebes?
The pharaoh who was the first to unify Upper and Lower Egypt under one kingdom.
Who is Menes?
This is the nickname given to the rich, fertile land surrounding the Nile River.
What is the Black Land?
A tool invented by ancient Egyptians that allowed them to lift water out of the Nile River using a bucket on a long pole with a counterweight on the other end.
What is a shadoof?
The role of these people in ancient Egypt was to keep records and be assistants to government officials.
This is the goddess of truth, balance, justice, and harmony.
Who is Ma'at?
This ceremony is performed on the deceased to reawaken their senses for the afterlife.
What is the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony?
A 200-year megadrought caused the downfall of this kingdom.
What is the Old Kingdom?
The pharaoh who drove foreign rulers out of Egypt and reunified the country once again to begin the New Kingdom period.
Who is Ahmose?
This was the location of the first capital of unified Egypt.
What is Memphis?
This is the name for an ancient form of eyeliner worn by Egyptians as protection from the glare of the sun.
What is kohl?
There were not many of these people in ancient Egypt. At any time the Pharaoh could demand that they work on projects or serve in the military.
Who were slaves?
This is the god of mummification.
During the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony, this is what the deceased's heart is weighed against.
What is the feather of Ma'at?
This group invaded Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom period and took over to rule during the Second Intermediate period.
Who are the Hyksos?
The pharaoh who reunified Egypt under one rule and restored order to begin the Middle Kingdom period.
Who is Mentuhotep II?
This body of water is found to the East of Egypt.
What is the Red Sea?
This was invented by ancient Egyptians to help them track the water levels of the Nile River over the years.
What is a nilometer?
These people of ancient Egypt held a status just below noblemen & government officials in the social pyramid.
Who were soldiers?
This god judges the souls of the deceased to determine if they are deserving of the afterlife.
Who is Osiris?
These are the organs placed inside canopic jars.
What are the liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines?