Pyramids and Mummies
An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips
What is a mummy?
The world’s longest river
What is the Nile River?
Forced payments
What is tribute?
Was believed to be the son/daughter of Re
Who is the pharaoh?
A line of rulers from one family
What is a dynasty?
This pharaoh’s pyramid was located at Giza
Who is King Khufu?
A fertile piece of land at the end of the river
What is a delta?
This pharaoh was known as Menes and united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Narmer?
This god ruled the Nile River
Who is Hapi?
Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom
What is Memphis?
Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics?
This machine lifted water out of the Nile
What is a shadoof?
His tomb was the only complete one ever found
Who is King Tut?
The goddess that ruled the underworld with her husband
Who is Isis?
The main reason for the decline and fall of the Egyptian empire
What is the Egyptians were attacked?
This pyramid was the tallest building in the world for 4000 years
What is the Great Pyramid?
Reed plant that grew along the Nile
What is papyrus?
Greatest New Kingdom pharaoh
Who is Ramses II?
The god of the dead who granted life after death
Who is Osiris?
Capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom
What is Thebes?
Egyptians were the first to specialize in this modern day job
What is medicine?
Wild rapids that protected Egypt in the south
What are cataracts?
Prince who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Who is Ahmose?
This book was a collection of spells and prayers people studied to help them obtain the afterlife
What is the Book of the Dead?
Golden age of prosperity, achievement and stability in Egypt
What is the Middle Kingdom?