The Egyptians believed in a term now as a life after death. What is this term?
What is the afterlife?
100
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds?
What is Hieroglyphs or heiroglyphics?
100
Life after death
What is afterlife?
200
What was the main source of water for the Egyptians and what made this source so unique when compared to others?
What is the Nile River?
What is the longest river in the world or flows north?
200
Egyptian kings ruled with this type of power.
What is absolute power?
200
Blank is referred to as the chief god of all of the ancient Egyptian gods.
Who is Amon-Re or Ray?
200
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; the plant used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
200
What is a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky?
What is an astronomer?
300
What is the "Black Land" and "Red Land"?
What is Kemet? (dark soil left by Nile's floods)
What is a Desert?
300
This Egyptian king is credited with united both Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is King Menes?
300
What is the preserved body of a dead person?
What is mummy?
300
An economic or cultural arrangement of groups in society.
What is social class or social class pyramid?
300
What is the plain at the mouth of the Nile River?
What is the Nile Delta?
400
A triangular plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water and is often used as farm land.
What is a delta?
400
Egyptian history is split into three different time periods. What are the names of each of these time periods?
What is the old, middle, and new kingdoms?
400
This god was in charge of weighing the hearts of one's soul against the feather of truth.
Who is Anubis?
400
This formed the largest group of people in Egyptian society.
Who are the Peasants?
400
Who is the person who ruled for a child until the child is old enough to rule?
Who is a Regent?
500
Ancient merchants would travel south towards Nubia on boat in hopes of trading but would often have to stop and travel by foot because of what physical barrier?
What is cataract?
500
What is a series of rulers form the same family or ethnic group?
What is a Dynasty?
500
What was the usual tomb of a pharaoh and give an example?
What is a pyramid? Pyramids of Giza
500
How was Egyptian society organized?
What is a social class pyramid?
500
Who is a worker skilled in crafting goods by hand?