Afterlife & Religion
The process of preserving a body to prevent it from decomposing is called _______.
Mummification
The most important leader in Egypt was called a ___________.
Pharaoh
What was a valuable crop that grew along the Nile River that ancient Egyptians used to make paper?
Papyrus
The __________________ is the longest river in the world.
The Nile River
The most famous pyramid the ancient Egyptians created was called ______
The Great Pyramid of Giza
A stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top is called a _______.
Pyramid
________ kept written records for the government and temples.
Scribes
What were the two things the Egyptian economy was centered around?
Farming and fishing
Egypt was originally divided into two regions. They were called _______.
Upper and Lower Egypt
What are the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt?
The Old Kingdom
The New Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The belief in or worship of more than one god is called _________.
Polytheism
_________ made up most of the Egyptian population and were often laborers.
Farmers
What was one of the first writing systems in the world that the ancient Egyptians created called?
Hieroglyphics
Egypt is located in the continent of ________.
Africa
The famous statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a king is _________.
A __________ is a decorative stone coffin.
Sarcophagus
The second in command after the pharaoh was the ___________.
Vizier
Many Egyptians settled by the Nile River because the land was great for __________.
Agriculture
Upper Egypt is located in ___________.
Southern Egypt
What was the flat, black stone written in 3 different languages that allowed scholars to decipher thousands of records from Ancient Egypt called?
Rosetta Stone
Egyptians used _______ (a salt) to dry out the body while mummifying a body.
Natron
The first female pharaoh was ________.
Hatshepsut
What goods did the ancient Egyptians trade?
Gold, wheat, and linen
What was the area near Memphis was called? This land was considered to be very fertile.
The Black Land
Pyramids were mostly made from _________.
Limestone