Geography
This is the longest river in the world and it flows right through the entire country of Egypt
What is the Nile River?
The belief that our souls continue to exist after death.
What is belief in an afterlife?
Egyptian writing
What are heirogliphics?
This is the term for belief in a single god
What is Monotheism?
This is the name of the giant that David slew with his sling
What is "Goliath"?
Originally, these were the only people to get mummified
Who were the Pharaohs?
One of the 3 seasons in ancient Egypt, Akhet is the rainy season. This is what happens to the Nile River during this time.
This term means "belief in many gods"
What is 'Polytheism'?
95% of Egyptian people did this for a living (at least part-time)
What is farming?
This is the Jewish new year
He was chosen by God to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
Who was Moses?
This is the reason Pharaohs were mummified
What is that they believed their spirit needed a place to reside in the afterlife and a rotten body would not work?
What is the Sahara Desert?
This person was in charge of the Egyptian religion. They made sure rituals were carried out correctly, and were a link between humans and the gods
Who is the Pharaoh?
A Dreidel is used to celebrate this holy day dedicated to the rededication of the Jewish Temple
What is Hanukka?
This is the Jewish holy day that celebrates the Exodus from slavery in Egypt
What s is Passover?
This body organ was considered useless, so was usually thrown out after getting scrambled and turned into a substance liken to a smoothie
What is the Brain?
This is how predicable flooding of the Nile impacted the people of the region
What is the predictable flooding allowed a civilization to grow in the region?
After the 'negative confessions,' this is what the deceased's heart get weighed against. This is on the other side of the scale
What is 'the feather of truth'?
This is what the pyramids were use for (2 answers needed)
What are storage, and as a tomb for the Pharaohs?
He built the first temple. Was the son of King David
Who was Solomon the Wise?
Who was Abraham?
Who was Pharaoh Paladino?
These are 3 ways the Egyptians used the Nile River.
What are: for drinking/bathing, for their crops, and as transportation for trade?
He was the father of the Egyptian gods
Who is Ra?
Found by Napoleons army, it had the same proclomation in 3 languages. This way archeologists were finally able to translate Egyptian writing
What was the Rosetta Stone?
This is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Called the 'day of atonement.'
What is Yom Kippur?
This is how many years the Israelites wandered in the Sinai Desert
What is 40?
This person discovered King Tut's tomb. His benifactors died soon after
Who was Howard Carter?