Geography
Egypt is located on which continent?
Africa
He was the boy king.
Pyramids were....
tombs of the Pharaohs
The first step of the mummification process when the vital organs are taken out is called....
Embalming
What was the name of the book of spells that ancient Egyptians would use to guide them to the afterlife?
The Book of the dead.
What are the natural barriers that protect Egypt?
Nile Delta, Cataracts, Sahara Desert, Nile River
The pharaoh would collect a tax from his people, otherwise known as a
Tribute
The most well-known pyramids are located in....
Giza
The mummified body had to stay in salt for how many days?
What kinds of documents were Hieroglyphics typically used for.
Religious documents and prayers.
Why did the Egyptians depend on the Nile? list out as many things as you can think of?
cooking, cleaning, toilet, trading, fishing, farming, bathing,papyrus
How was rule passed down in a Dynasty?
From father to son.
To get the angles of the pyramids correct, the builders had to be familiar with what subject?
Geometry
He was the God of embalming
Anubis
What does the word "blasphemed" mean?
To speak badly about or deny God.
What did the ancient Egyptians call the area of the Nile River valley?
What is the name for the concept of balance with which the Pharaoh was supposed to rule?
Ma'at
Astronomy
Why did the Egyptians throw out the brain?
They thought it was useless.
Who was the Egyptian God of the Underworld?
Osiris
What causes the soil in Egypt to be so fertile?
Sediment deposits from upstream in Africa. When the snow melts in the higher elevations it carries its way down the Nile River.
These two symbols represent the idea of Ma'at and the pharaohs are usually shown carrying these two things?
The crook(cane) and the flail(Whip)
The first pyramids looked more like Ziggurats and were called.....
Mastabas
The Pharaoh's coffin goes into a large metal box designed to look like the Pharaoh, called a.....
Sarcophagus
What does the word Deity mean?
A God or Goddess.