VOCABULARY
MAP
HISTORY
MUMMIES
PYRAMIDS
100
What did the Ancient Egyptians use to sweten food?
Honey
100
What is the name of the sea to the West of Saudi Arabia?
Red
100
What were Ancient Egyptian Kings buried in?
Pyramids
100
Why did Egyptians preserve dead bodies?
To prepare them for the afterlife
100
Why did they leave food and drink with their dead Pharoah?
they thought he would use it in the afterlife
200
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
200
What is the name of the Longest river?
Nile
200
Who was the youngest Egyptian Pharoah?
Tutankhamun
200
What was the first organ to be removed from the body?
Brain
200
Why were the Pyramids built?
To bury Pharoahs (Khufu)
300
What does CE stand for?
Common Era
300
What country is to the south of the Black Sea?
Turkey
300
Ancient Egyptian writing is called what?
Heiroglyphics
300
Who did the Egyptians imagine examined the dead bodies?
Anubis
300
How long did the Pyramids take to build?
Between 20 and 40 years
400
What animal was not eaten in Ancient Egypt?
Fish
400
What are the four countries that will be in your exam?
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey
400
A ruling family or group is called a what?
Dynasty
400
What did priests use to purify the air above the mummy?
Incense
400
Why are the Pyramids unique among the Wonders of the World?
It is the only one left
500
What was used to preserve food?
Salt
500
What is the name of the sea to the north of Egypt
Meditteranean
500
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Menes
500
What was placed in the sarcophogus with the mummy?
Scrolls from the Book of the Dead
500
What were the pyramids originally covered with?
Limestone