Egypt

The Nile

100

In what year did people first start to settle in the Nile River Valley?

5,000 B.C.E.

200

What technology did farmers develop to bring water from the Nile River into the fields where food was grown?   (two words)

IRRIGATION CANALS

300

Rapid, dangerous water in the southern Nile River that helped to protect Egypt from invaders.

CATARACTS

400

Land that stretched east and west of the farm lands bordering the Nile River  (two words)

SAHARA DESERT

500

Why the seasonal Nile River allowed farmers to plan and produce regular crops.  (two words)

PREDICTABLE FLOODING

People

100

King who conquered Upper Egypt and united all of Egypt into one country

NARMER

200

Great Pyramid at Giza was built for this pharaoh

KHUFU

300

Person who specialized in a particular trade

ARTISAN

400

Pharaoh's appointed assistant who helped him govern

BUREAUCRAT

500

Three (3) rights women in ancient Egypt had that women today also have.

OWN & INHERIT PROPERY; 

BUY & SELL GOODS; 

PERFORM RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES; 

DIVORCE.

GEOGRAPHY

100

Sea to the North of Egypt, into which the Nile DELTA empties

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

200

Capital city in Egypt today - at the confluence of the Nile Delta and the Nile River.

CAIRO

300

Sea to the East of Egypt

RED SEA

400

City in Egypt where on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is located

GIZA

500

Southern part of Ancient Egypt (two words)

UPPER EGYPT

VOCABULARY

100

traditional wooden boat that still sails on the Nile River

FELUCCA

200

Plant that grows along the Nile River, used to make paper

PAPYRUS

300

Tool / bucket used to gather water for irrigation

SHADOOF

400

Belief in many gods; belief in one god

(two words)

POLYTHEISM

MONOTHEISM

500

Book containing many spells and rituals, widely read by educated Egyptians.

BOOK OF THE DEAD

GODS & MUMMIES

100

Sun God

RA

200

God of the afterlife

OSIRIS

300

Jackal-headed God who weighed a person's heart on a balance scale against a feather.

ANUBIS

400

Highly decorated stone coffin used to hold a mummy at burial.

SARCOPHAGUS

500

What were the 4 jars used to hold internal organs of the deceased? (two words) 

AND which 4 organs did they store? (4 words).

CANOPIC JARS

STOMACH; LUNGS; INTESTINES; LIVER