Geography
Name the major river in Egypt.
Nile River
What is the word that means "Great House"?
Pharaoh
Name the Sun God
Ra
Name the form of writing invented by Egyptians.
Hieroglyphics
What continent is Egypt on?
Africa
Name two crops grown by the Egyptians.
Flax, Barley, wheat
Name the god who the Egyptians hieroglyphics.
Thoth
Who was picked by the Pharaoh and kept all the records for him/her?
Scribes
Where is the most fertile soil found?
At the Nile Delta
Most Egyptians were ___________. What was one perk for having this job?
Farmers. They got to bring their pet cats to work.
What word means believing in more than more god?
Polytheistic
What was the name of the paper that was used for Egyptian writing.
Papyrus
Where does the Nile river end?
Mediterranean Sea
What do you call the people who were related to the pharaoh and worked under him?
The Nobles
Name the god of mummification.
Anubis
What do you call the oval shape that a pharaohs name would be written on?
Cartouche
Name the two parts of the Egypt.
Upper and Lower Egypt
How did Egyptians use the Nile river? Name two ways.
transportation, drinking, bathing, irrigation
Name the god that Egyptians thought created all things and was the most important.
Amun
True or False
All Egyptians learned to read and write hieroglyphics by 5 years old.
False