This river was the primary source of water, transportation, and fertile land for ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
This term refers to life after death in ancient Egyptian belief.
What is the afterlife?
This paper-like material was made from reeds along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
The ruler of ancient Egypt was known by this title, meaning "Great House."
What is a pharaoh?
This natural resource was essential for farming, trade, and transportation in ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
This boy pharaoh is famous because his tomb was discovered intact in the 20th century.
Who is King Tutankhamun?
This enormous statue near the pyramids has the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh.
What is the Great Sphinx of Giza?
Ancient Egypt was originally divided into two regions. What were they?
What are Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
This direction best describes how the Nile River flows.
What is south to north?
During his reign, Akhenaten changed Egypt’s religion to this type, worshipping only Aten.
What is monotheistic?
This preservation process was used by ancient Egyptians to prepare bodies for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
A government ruled by religious leaders is called this.
What is a theocracy?
This is the name of the class of workers who built monuments, worked the land, and paid taxes.
Who are peasants or laborers?
In a dynasty, how is power transferred?
What is passed down to a younger relative or chosen successor?
This tall, four-sided stone monument with a pointed top was borrowed from Egypt and admired by the ancient Greeks.
What is an obelisk?
Letter A.
What is the Nile River Delta?
Why did the majority of ancient Egyptians settle around the Nile Delta?
What is because the soil was great for agriculture?
This god was believed to have created the world and was the god of the sun.
Who is Ra?
These massive tombs built for pharaohs at Giza are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What are the Great Pyramids of Giza?
This pharaoh is best known for building the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who is Khufu?
The ancient Egyptians used this to keep track of economic transactions.
What are hieroglyphics and papyrus?
This group in Egyptian society included painters, sculptors, and builders.
Who are artisans?
What is the Karnak Temple?
Letter B.
What is Lower Egypt?
This fan-shaped region was created when soil was deposited at the end of the Nile River.
What is a delta?
The god who judged the dead and ruled the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
Pyramid Texts were the written language of ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphics?
This woman became one of the first female pharaohs and expanded Egypt through trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Which female pharaoh increased Egypt’s wealth through trade?
Who is Hatshepsut?
This social class in ancient Egypt was responsible for buying, selling, and trading goods.
Who are merchants?
The mortuary temple built for Pharaoh Hatshepsut is known as the Temple of Hatshepsut
What is D?
Letter C.
What is Lower Egypt?
This natural yearly event enriched the soil along the Nile.
What is the annual flood?
This concept refers to cosmic harmony and balance in the universe.
What is ma’at?
The first type of ancient Egyptian pyramids that were built.
What is the Stepped Pyramid?
This pharaoh outlawed polytheism and replaced it with a monotheistic religion.
Who is Akhenaten?
This grain was a staple crop and a major part of the Egyptian economy.
What is wheat (or barley)?
These educated Egyptians recorded laws, taxes, and important events using hieroglyphics.
Who are scribes?
What is a shaduf?
Letter D.
What is the Kush?
This section of the Nile River is filled with rocky terrain and rapids.
What is a cataract?
This salt was used to dry out bodies during mummification.
What is natron?
This large stone slab helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
These officials governed regions of Egypt and reported to the pharaoh.
What are nomarchs?
This group collected taxes, managed building projects, and advised the pharaoh.
What is a vizier?
Where were a mummy’s internal organs stored after removal?
What are canopic jars?
This ancient Egyptian unit of measurement was used to build pyramids and temples with precision.
What is a cubit?
Hieroglyphics can be seen in this image.
What is photo C?