Ancient Egypt (Mrs. Barca's Class)

_____ discovered how to read hieroglyphic writing

When the body's organs were removed, they were put in ________

Poor people were buried in the desert, not mummified.

_____ is the buying and selling of goods and services.

During the mummification process, Egyptians packed the body with a kind of salt, natron to moisturize the decaying body.

After embalming, the body became a _______

What was the name of the reed that grew in the marshes of the Nile that was very useful to the Egyptians?

Who was given credit for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt?

At the location of Upper Egypt was the Nile Delta, where the Nile flowed into the Mediterranean Sea.

Egypt's deserts were referred to as the "Red Land," while the dark soil left on the banks of the Nile, the "Black Land."

The three seasons created by the Nile's flood cycle were:

Where is Egypt located?

A ruler of ancient Egypt was also known as a _____

An __________ is a skilled worker who practices a trade or handicraft.

A reed that grows along the Nile is called _____

The ____ was a life believed to continue after death.

Because of its iron ore deposits, Nubians moved their capital to which city?

The religion of the ancient Egyptians was:

Ramses II had 7 statues of himself, each 67 feet high, built in his own honor.

A ___ is a triangular shaped marsy wetland deposit where a river flows into the sea.

Egyptians avoided building towns near the Nile because they wanted to :

Which best defines the religion of the ancient Egyptians?

Why are the walls of pharaohs' tombs important to historians?

The Egyptian writing system in which pictorial symbols are used to stand for words and sounds is known as ______

The papyrus plant allowed the Egyptians to make things like:

What was the correct social ordering of Egypt's social structure?

The four gifts of the Nile included:

What is the name of the desert that is on both the east and west sides of the Nile?

Lower Egypt was represented by the

The Egyptians invented a calendar based on the moon and a star that was less accurate than the Babylonian calendar.

The symbol of a king wearing a false beard was to represent royal authority.

Which of the following are things that Kush had that Egypt wanted?

Egyptian doctors learned about human anatomy by studying:

The Nile River is the longest river in the world.

At six places on the Nile, steep cliffs and boulders force the water through narrow channels. These areas are called:

When the growing season was over, what did farmers do?

Egyptians often pictured their gods as having a human body, and the head of an animal.

What was discovered by French soldiers that gave Champollion the keys to reading hieroglyphic writing?

A well-respected job that required a person to learn how to read and record information was that of a ___________

A _______ is a forced payment when nations, or conquered people were required to send yearly gifts to a pharaoh.

King Menes, who wore the double crown, is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.

What did the ancient Egyptians believe the afterlife would be like?

The Red Land was the most fertile land in all of Egypt.

Luxury goods were necessities of life for Egyptians.

The Book of the Dead was a book of hymns, prayers, magic spells, and descriptions of events in the afterlife.

The _______ was a symbol representing Upper Egypt

The "Black Land," created by the annual flooding of the Nile, was important because:

The Rosetta Stone, discovered in Rosetta, had how many tyes/styles of writing on it?

_____ was used to prevent the decay of a dead body by treating it with preservatives.

The Egyptians believed their kings were gods.