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| What was the Egyptian's name for their land? | Kemet |
| What is the longest river in the world? | the Nile |
| How long is the Nile River? | It is 4, 150 miles long |
| Into what sea does the Nile River flow into? | the Mediteranean Sea |
| What was the name of the plant that was used to make paper? | papyrus |
| What did the Egyptians call the deserts? | the Red Lands |
| What brought rich soil to the land? | the flooding of the Nile |
| As a farmer what did you do with half of your crops? | pay taxes to the pharaoh |
| What was grown for making clothes? | flax |
| What were Ferryboats used for? | to carry people across the Nile |
| What was used for making bread? | barley |
| How was farmers land divided from one another? | by boundary stones |
| Poor fishermen used what to catch fish? | used nets |
| Rich hunters used what to catch fish? | spears |
| How many rooms were in a peasant's home? | one |
| According to myth, who was the 1st pharoah? | Re |
| What were tall, pointed columns that were built to honor the gods? | Obelisks |
| What were made from dyed ostrich feathers? | fans |
| How did the queen travel from place to place? | on a litter |
| How did the pharaoh travel from place to place? | on his chariot |
| He was a brilliant general who never lost a battle. | Thutmose II |
| He lived a life of pleasure and built huge temples and stautes. | Amenhotep III |
| He was known as the boy king. | King Tutankhamun |
| He was one of the most famous pharaoh. | Rameses II |
| He ruled for 94 years. | Pepi II |
| She was known as the Women King. | Hatshepsut |
| He made himself unpopular vby closing all the old temples. | Akhenuten |
| I was the last pharaoh | Cleopatra |
| What is the largest structure ever built out of stone? | The Great Pyramid at Giza |
| How many stone blocks make up the Great Pyramid of Giza? | Over Two Million |
| How high is the Great Pyramid? | 480 feet |
| It is believed that teams made up of how many men pulled the stones up the ramps? | ten men |
| Who job was it to ensure that work was going as planned on the pyramids? | the surveyors' job |
| Who inspected the work of the building of the pyramids? | the Vizier |
| Who made sure that the shape of the stones were just right? | the Masons |
| Why were pharaohs buried with lots of treasure? | to help them in their next life |
| Who usually had their bodies mummified when they died? | royalty, noblemen and people with enough money |
| What was the name of the shop where they mummified bodies? | the wabet |
| What were the most mummified animals? | cats |
| Who was the god Anubis? | the jackal god of the dead |
| What was the body packed in the many days to dry it out? | natron |
| What did the Ancient Egyptians called the afterlife? | Kingdom of the West |
| What did a dead person have to do to get to the afterlife? | they had to go through a number of tests |
| Many people were buried with what book? | The Book of the Dead |
| Who ruled the Next World? | Osiris |
| Where did they weigh the person's heart? | the Judgement Hall of Osiris |
| What had to happen for a person to carry on in the next world? | the feather and the heart had to be balanced |
| Who cried at the funerals? | Professional Mourners |
| What was painted on he side of boats to protect them on their journey? | The Wadjet Eye |
| A dead man's heart is balanced against what to see how good a life he lived? | the Feather of Truth |
| Who was the god of embalming and the dead? | Anubis |
| Who was the god of water? | Sobek |
| Who was the sun god? | Re |
| Who was the king of gods? | Amun-Re |
| How did they learn to predict heavy rain and the floods that followed? | by studing the skies |
| How did they keep track of the pattern of flooding? | by using a calender with a 365 days year |
| The time were the rising water spilled onto the land along the river was called... | Inundation |
| The time of receding waters was called... | Emergence |
| The time of farmers caring for and harvesting their crops was called.. | Harvest |
| What did the Egyptians do to keep their land well-watered during the growing season? | they developed irrigation methods |
| How did the ancient Egyptians explain nature? | they used stories about their gods |
| What did the sun represent for them? | the life cycle |
| What did the Egyptians believe that the god Osiris taught them? | about how to farm |
| Who did they believe ruled the sky? | Horus and his wife Isis |
| Who did they consider their most important god? | Amon-Re |
| What is a cataract? | It is a waterfall or a place where water ryns fast over rocks |
| According to legend who united Lower and Upper Egypt? | King Menes |
| What was the color of the crown of Upper Egypt? | white |
| What was the color of the crown of Lower Egypt? | red |
| What resulted from the uniting of Lower and Upper Egypt? | It marked the beginning of the world's first organized government representing one group of people. |
| What was the Old kingdom known as? | The "Age of the Pyramids" |
| What was a pyramid? | It was a burial place for the dead |
| Why was 1980 B.C. important? | It marked the beginning of the Middle Kingdom |
| The Middle Kingdom began with what pharaoh? | Amenembet |
| During the Middle Kingdom we saw the rise if what class of people? | the middle class |
| The new middle class was made up of what type of people? | crafts workers, merchants, and scribes |
| What right did the middle cklass gain during the Middle Kingdom? | the right to own land |
| Who owned most of the land in Ancient Egypt? | The upper class |
| Where did most of Egypt's slaves come from? | They were mainly prisoners of war |
