Geography
This significant body of water ran through Egypt and made civilization possible by flooding seasonally in an otherwise dry climate.
What is the Nile River
This is the highest member of the Egyptian society and was often thought of as a god.
What is a Pharaoh
This Egyptian process was used to preserve the dead and prevent them from rotting.
What is Mummification
The discovery of this object allowed scholars to understand hieroglyphics through translating the text from Ancient Greek. What was the name of this significant object?
What is The Rosetta Stone
This city is known for being the home of where the pyramids were built.
What is Giza or Cairo
This woman called herself Queen and was the first woman to rule Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut
This person studies past human life and culture through the analysis of material remains, such as artifacts, architecture, and landscapes.
Who is an Archeologist
Ancient Egypt was divided into 2 regions with names inspired by the flow of the river. What are the names of these 2 regions?
What Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt
This was the burial site and tomb of Egypt's highest members in society.
What are Pyramids
At the top of the social hierarchy, these three groups were likely the most educated in Ancient Egypt due to their power and wealth.
Who are the Pharaohs, the Nobles, and the Scribes
This type of government was used in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and included officials in charge of different procedures to get things done.
What is a Bureaucracy
This was the name of the simplified form of hieroglyphics that used strokes, dashes, and curves.
What is Hieratic Script
This famous land area can be found to the west of the Nile River.
What is the Sahara Desert
These three groups were at the bottom of the social pyramid in Egypt.
Who are farmers, servants, and slaves
Who are the Hyksos
What was the climate in the red lands of Ancient Egypt?
What is dry/desert, too hot to live in
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
While Scribes were vital in Egyptian society for being the only group that could read and write, they fell between these two groups on the social pyramid.
Who are the Nobles and the Farmers
Refers to a person's spiritual body.
What is Ka
This weather event of the black lands located near the Nile River helped create rich and fertile soil optimal for crops and life.
What are the floods
What are the 5 steps in the mummification process?
1. They removed the organs from the body and put them in canopic jars.
2. They stuffed the bodies with salt crystals.
3. They would wrap the body in linen and add amulets to the mummies wraps to ensure safety and health of mummies.
4. Food, water, and possessions were placed with the mummy when buried.
5. When they were finished with the mummification process, they would be buried or placed in the pyramid.