Legend of Osiris
Vocabulary
Worksheets
Mummies
100
The God who is killed by his jealous brother, Seth.
Who is Osiris?
100
A grassy plain.
What is a savanna?
100
The nickname of the Nile River, given because it affected all areas of life, including farming, religious beliefs, ways of governing, and as a highway for transportation.
What is Giver of Life?
100
The reason all Ancient Egyptians were not mummified.
What is it was expensive?
200
The object Seth used to trap Osiris before throwing him into the Nile.
What is a golden sarcophagus?
200
The city states of ancient Egypt.
What are nomes?
200
One of the job responsibilities of Egyptian Scribes.
What is tax collecting/ Record keeping/ tracking important records in society/ keeping track of history?
200
The type of geographic location (ex: rain forest or ocean) where most Egyptian mummies were found.
What is the desert?
300
The man who finds the tree in which Osiris' sarcophagus is encased.
Who is the King of Byblos?
300
a ruler of Ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
300
The three (3) Egyptian seasons
What are inundation, Emergence, and Harvest?
300
The first step in the mummifying process.
What is removing all internal organs, expect for the heart?
400
Amun-Re is approached by this god, who pleads with him to step down from the Throne of Egypt.
Who is Thoth?
400
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
400
Three food sources available to Ancient Egyptians.
What are wheat/ barley/ onions/ lettuce/ beans/ cattle/ goats/ sheep/ pigs/ Nile perch/ catfish/ geese/or ducks?
400
One kind of animal Ancient Egyptians mummified.
What is a crocodile/ cat/ monkey/ dog/ or bird?
500
Isis and Osiris had the first of these in Egyptian history. (Hint: Isis is Osiris' queen)
What is a sibling marriage
500
A flat-topped, mud brick tomb.
What is a mastabas?
500
The reason Upper Egypt is called Upper Egypt and not Southern Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt is at a higher elevation?
500
The most famous mummified Pharaoh in history.
Who is King Tut?