The land and the Nile
This river was the center of all Egyptian life — providing water, food, and transportation.
What is the Nile River?
This title was given to Egypt’s ruler, believed to be both king and god.
Who is the pharaoh?
The Egyptians believed people had both a body and a spirit called this.
What is a ka?
The Egyptians built these giant stone tombs for their pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
Most Egyptians worked this job, planting and harvesting crops.
What is farming?
The Nile flooded every year, leaving behind this rich soil that made farming possible.
What is black silt?
The earliest rulers built their capital city near this place where Upper and Lower Egypt met.
What is Memphis?
This jackal-headed god watched over the process of mummification.
Who is Anubis?
The earliest pyramids were built during this period of Egyptian history.
What is the Old Kingdom?
At the top of Egypt’s social pyramid was the pharaoh. At the bottom were these workers.
Who are peasants or slaves?
Egyptians called their country “Kemet,” meaning this color land
What is the Black Land?
This great pharaoh built the largest pyramid at Giza.
Who is Khufu (Cheops)?
In the afterlife, a person’s heart was weighed against this object.
What is a feather (the feather of truth)?
Workers used huge limestone blocks to build the Great Pyramid with only these simple tools.
What are ramps, sledges, and levers?
Egyptian children played with dolls and toys made mostly from this material.
What is clay or wood?
Beyond the fertile Nile Valley lay this dry, dangerous region.
What is the desert (the Red Land)?
Pharaohs claimed they ruled by the will of this sun god, one of the most important Egyptian deities.
Who is Ra?
Egyptians filled tombs with food, clothes, and treasures so the dead could enjoy this.
What is life after death (the afterlife)?
Egyptians carved their history into temple walls using this picture-based writing.
What are hieroglyphics?
Egyptian men and women both wore this light-colored fabric.
What is linen?
The Nile flows from south to north, so Upper Egypt is actually located in this part of the country.
What is southern Egypt?
Egyptians believed that obeying their pharaoh helped keep this — the divine order of truth and balance.
What is Ma’at?
This god ruled over the dead and judged souls in the next world.
Who is Osiris?
This discovery in 1799 helped modern scholars finally read hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This plant, found along the Nile, was used for making paper, boats, and mats.
What is papyrus?