Question | Answer |
The Nile is longest river in ________ | The World |
The Nile is ___________ miles long. | 4145 miles |
The Nile river flows (south, east, north, west)? | North |
The Nile flows into the ______________ sea. | Mediterranean sea |
The Nile begins as two separate rivers called the __________________________. | Blue and White Nile |
Upper Egypt is located______________ of Memphis | south |
land at the mouth of a river that is formed by mud and sand is a ___________. | Delta |
Who called Egypt the Gift of the Nile? | Herodotus |
What are the Gifts of the Nile? | Papyrus and Silt |
_________ recharged the soil and allowed Farmers to grow a surplus of crops. | Silt |
Silt was deposited on farm land by | flooding |
What is a natural boundry? | Natural land forms (river, waterfall, ocean, mountains...) that make travel difficult. |
The Nile has 6 cataracts. What is a cataract? | rapids,and waterfalls. Catarats made transportation difficult in some areas of the Nile. |
What sea is located east of the Nile? | The Red Sea |
The ______________ desert is located in Egypt. | The Sahara Desert |
The process of building people channels to carry water into fields is _________? | Irrigation |
A __________ was an important irrigation tool | Shaduff |
Pharaoh meant | Great House |
Kings were called | Pharaohs |
The first Pharaoh was | Menes/Narmer |
The first empire was created in Egypt by uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. Hw united upper and lower Egypt? Who united upper and lower Egypt? | Menes/Narmer |
The first female Pharaoh in Egypt was? | Hatshepsut |
A Government ruled by one. They ruled with divine power (power from god) | Monarchy |
The Pharaoh was treated as a | living god |
The First Pyramid was the | Step pyramid |
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx are located | Giza |
A natural salt used to dry the body | Natron |
All the vital organs were stored in 4 containers carved to represent 4 gods. | Canopic Jars |
The personality of the deceased. The __ could leave the body and travel to the heavens. The __ needed to be able to recognize its body | Ba |
Invisible twin of the deceased. The soul. Needed food and water to live. Did not leave the tomb. | Ka |
What was the book of the Dead? | The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass into the afterlife. |
Feather of truth, justice | Maat |
God of mummification | Anubis |
The god of writing and knowledge | Thoth |
God of the Dead Lord of the Underworld | Osiris |
Someone who rules for a child until child is old enough to rule | Regent |
A series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
Belief in many gods | Polytheism |
Who found King Tuts tomb? | Howard Carter in 1922. |
What was so remarkable about the discovery of King Tut's tomb? | It was intact and filled with wonderful things. |
What was Egyptian writing called? | Hieroglyphics |
Egyptian paper made from the inside of a plant | Papyrus |
There are over ______ different hieroglyphic symbols | 600 |
Cartouche was a | A twisted double loop of rope tied at one end.Names of pharaohs and important leaders were written inside a cartouche. |
A black stone that had a document inscribed in Greek, Hieroglyphic and Demotic that was used to help unlock the secrects of Hieroglyphics. | Rosetta stone |
Who found the Rosetta stone? | In 1799, Napoleon's troops found a black stone in Rosetta, Egypt. |
Who figured out the complicated translation in 1820 | Jean Francois Champollion |