Egypt Geography
The civilization south of Egypt
What is Kush?
The Nile River delta is shaped like this device commonly used to cool oneself.
What is a fan.
The process of preserving a body to prevent it from decomposing.
What is mummification?
A stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top.
What is a Pyramid?
This 'Boy King' returned Egypt to Polytheism
King Tutankhamun 'Tut"
The limestone statue with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion.
What is the Great Sphinx?
The god of the sun that created the world and people in Egyptian mythology.
Who is Ra?
The triangular-shaped area where the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta?
The paper-like material made from the reeds of a plant along the Nile River.
What is Papyrus?
Egyptians believed the preserved body must still exist so the spirit could go here.
What is the afterlife?
A tall pillar with four sides and a point on top.
What is an obelisk?
The meaning of the word Pharoah, an Egyptian god-king.
What is 'Great House?'
A salt that was used to dry out a mummy.
What is Natron?
The god of the underworld and agriculture who determined if spirits of the dead could enter the afterlife at the Hall of Judgment in Egyptian mythology.
Who is Osiris?
The section of Egypt in the northern half of the country.
What is Lower Egypt?
The section of the Nile river with rapids and rocky terrain.
What are cataracts?
A time of strong and stable government between the old kingdom and the new kingdom.
What is the middle kingdom?
2nd in command to the Pharaoh.
Who is a Vizier?
People respected and believed in the Pharaoh because he was believed to be this.
What is a god?
His tomb was rediscovered in the 20th century with his mummy and valuable artifacts.
Who is King Tut (Tutankhamun)?
In Egyptian mythology, this jackal-headed god, was the deity of mummification and cemetaries.
Who is Anubis?
The section of Egypt located in the higher elevations of the country.
What is Upper Egypt?
Which direction does the Nile river flow?
What is north?
Most Egyptians settled around the Nile Delta because it was good for this.
What is agriculture? (farming)
The Pharaoh credited with building the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who is Khufu?
A system of government ruled by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
Ancient Egyptians used these to store the internal organs removed during the mummification process.
What are canopic jars?
Goddess of cats and protection.
Who is Bastet?
Canada, Sweden, and China are not in this continent. However, Egypt IS in this continent.
What is Africa?
The most famous Pharaoh of the 'old kingdom'.
Who is Khufu?
The title of Pharaoh was most often passed down to this type of person.
Who is a younger relative?
A large stone slab used to decode hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta stone?
The idea of a cosmic harmony and balance that existed on Earth and across the universe.
What is Ma'at?
Between the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Bent Pyramid, the Great Ziggurat of Ur, or the Stepped Pyramid, this Egyptian structure was built first.
What is the Stepped Pyramid?
This falcon-headed god was associated with the midday sun and served as a protector of the pharaohs. His cult merged with that of Ra, forming a powerful deity known as Ra-Horakhty.
Who is Horus?
The river competes with the Nile river for the title of 'world's longest river'.
What is the Amazon river?
An intricate array of symbolic carvings or paintings. The symbols represent a mix of various elements like animals (e.g., hawks, scarabs, and snakes), human figures in profile, tools, and abstract symbols such as loops or lines.
What are hieroglyphics?
This organ was considered the most important organ because it was thought to be the seat of intelligence, emotion, and the soul. It played a central role in the afterlife judgment process.
What is the heart?
In ancient Egyptian mummification, this organ was considered unimportant and often discarded.
What is the brain?
She increased Egypt's wealth through trade and overcame adversity to become one of the first women to serve as Pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The Mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahari is a stunning terraced structure blending seamlessly with towering cliffs, showcasing intricate reliefs, grand colonnades, and a legacy of divine authority and prosperity. Which pharaoh is it dedicated to?
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
He outlawed Egypt's polytheistic religion and replaced it with the worship of his favorite god Aten.
Who is Akhenaten?