Unit 3: Ancient Egypt

Egyptians were conquered by these people, who let them keep their religion, not their freedom

During mummification, what major organ was removed because it was thought to be useless?

Egyptians created a type of writing using pictures called _______________

Only ancient Egyptian queen who also was Pharaoh.

This stone is what allowed French historians to finally decode hyrogliphics in the 1800s

Most Famous of all the Pharaohs because his tomb was found almost intact.

Pharaohs started to be buried in the Valley of the Kings because...

The Old Kingdom Collapsed because of crop failures and overspending on...

God of death who would weigh a person's heart to see if they were worthy of an afterlife

As a way to decontaminate a body, mummies were washed inside and out with...

Region of Egypt where the Nile runs into the Sea.

Ancient Egyptian History is divided up into how many time periods or "Kingdoms."

Egypt is known as the gift of the ________

Egyptians waited for the yearly floods to deposit a layer of _______ to help the crops grow

The Egyptians invented this type of math to help them measure shapes and buildings accuratly

The Middle Kingdom Period is dominated by Egypt being taken over by what foreign people?

The largest 3 Pyramids were built where?

What Animal did the Egyptians consider to be sacred, and thus keep as pets.

Egyptian paper, called papyrus, was made out of what?

In ancient Egypt, the Pharaohs were both a ________ and __________

Pyramids were built to serve a tomb for...

What ancient people were supposedly enslaved by the Egyptians?

Egyptians mummified their dead because they believed...