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Pharaohs
Gifts of the Nile
Old, Middle , or New
Religious Beliefs
Mixed Bag
100
When this king of Upper Egypt conquered Lower Egypt he became the first pharaoh.
Who is Narmer or Menes?
100
These fine bits of soil are great for growing crops.
What is silt?
100
This was when the Egyptians built pyramids.
What is the Old Kingdom?
100
Egyptians used these stories about their gods to explain things in nature.
What are myths?
100
This is what Egyptian picture writing is called.
What are hieroglyphics?
200
The Great pyramid was built for this king.
Who is Khufu?
200
The river flows north and the winds blow south, so this activity can be done easily on the Nile.
What is transportation?
200
This is when King Tut ruled.
What is the New Kingdom?
200
This god/king taught the Egyptians how to farm. He is also the god of the next world.
Who is Osiris?
200
A preserved body in Egypt is called this.
What is a mummy?
300
She became the first ruler in history when she became pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
This happened every spring and was celebrated by the people of Egypt.
What is the flood?
300
This is when the middle class gained more importance.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
300
This queen of the gods has been your tour guide during the Egypt unit.
Who is Isis?
300
Because it doesn't rain very much in Egypt, water from the Nile would be used for this.
What is irrigation?
400
This king changed his name and tried to change Egypt's religious beliefs from polytheism to monotheism.
Who is Amenhotep or Akhenaten?
400
This was the richest area of farmland at the mouth of the river.
What is the delta?
400
This is when the Hyksos conquered Egypt.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
400
When you died your heart would be weighed against this object.
What is the feather of truth and justice?
400
Egypt is famous for these large, triangular shaped tombs for the pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
500
He is known as the "boy" king because became king when he was about 9 years old.
Who is King Tut?
500
The Nile River is so important because Egypt is located in the world's largest desert.
What is the Sahara?
500
This is when Egypt had its biggest empire and did the most trading.
What is the New Kingdom?
500
Egyptians thought that their pharaoh wasn't just a king.
What is a god-king?
500
This stone with 3 types of writing made it possible for us to understand ancient Egyptian writing.
What is the Rosetta Stone?