Ancient Egypt
What continent was Ancient Egypt located on?
Africa
People of ancient Egypt were much like us. They even played ______.
Board Games
What did Egyptians call their rulers?
Kings/Queens/Pharaohs
Deities that Egyptians believed would make good and bad things happen.
Gods and goddesses
A burial place for important people such as pharaohs.
Pyramids and tombs
What is the name of the desert that surrounded Ancient Egypt?
Sahara Desert
Egyptians used this to make them look more beautiful and to help protect them from the sun and insects.
Eye makeup
Pharaohs were known as the most ______ people in ancient Egypt.
Important
Egyptians believed gods would judge how good or bad a pharoah's life was by what part of their body?
Their heart.
Who was the only known woman pharoah to rule in Ancient Egypt?
Hatshepsut
What is the name of the river that would flood and provide Egyptians with rich soil to plant crops?
The Nile River
How did Egyptians make bricks?
From mud and straw. Then they dried them in the sun
What did the Pharaohs do?
They made laws and were in charge of the army.
How were gods and goddesses shown? What body/head do they have?
They were shown to have animal heads and human bodies.
Who found King Tut's tomb and his mask.
Howard Carter
The Nile flows into what sea?
Mediterranean Sea
What did Egyptians use to carry food from one part of the kingdom to another?
Boats
This is where the everything inside a pharaoh's body was put after he died. (Everything but the heart.)
Canopic jars.
This statue has the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion.
Sphinx
The body of a dead pharaoh would be wrapped in lots of strops of cloth and placed in a wooden box. What was the wrapped body called?
Mummy