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| What is the longest rivwer in the world? | The Nile |
| How long is the Nile river? | 4,150 miles long |
| Into what sea does the Nile River flow into? | The Mediterranean Sea |
| What did the Egyptians call the deserts? | the Red Lands |
| What did the Egyptians call the fertile land along the Nile? | The Black lands |
| What brought rich soil to the land of the Nile? | The flooding of the Nile |
| As a farmer what did you do with half of your crops? | Half went as taxes to the pharaoh |
| What was grown for making clothes? | Flax |
| What wew ferryboats used for? | To carry people across the Nile |
| What was grown for making bread? | Barley |
| How were farmer's lands divided from one another? | By boundary stones |
| Poor fishermen used what to catch fish? | They used nets |
| Rich hunters used what to catch fish? | spears |
| According to myth, who was the 1st pharaoh? | Re |
| Who was the pharaoh's most important advisor? | the vizier |
| What did the pharaoh the 1st thing every morning? | He worshipped their gods so Egypt would be safe |
| Who did the pharaoh meet with most mornings? | His vizier |
| The Egyptians believed that their pharaoh was a what? | God |
| What helped the Egyptians keep their civilization going for thousands of years? | The strong rule of the pharaoh |
| What does "pharaoh" mean? | "Great House" |
| What is the largest Pyramid every built? | The Great Pyramid at Giza |
| How many stone blocks make up the Great Pyramid of Giza? | Over 2 million |
| Who job was it to ensure that the work on the pyramid was getting done? | Yhe surveyor |
| Who inspected the work of the building of the pyramid? | 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 the 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 |
| What was the body packed in for many days to dry it out? | Natron |
| What were the organs stored in once they were removed? | Canopic jars |
| What organ was not removed from the body in the mummification process? | The heart |
| What were wrapped between the bandages? | Good luck amulets |
| What did the Ancient Egyptians called the afterlife? | Kingdom of the West |
| 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 Judgment Hall of Osiris" |
| What had to happen for a person to carry on in the next world? | The "Feather of Truth" and the heart had to balanced |
| Who cried at the funerals? | Professional Mourners |
| What was painted on the 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 water? | Sobek |
| Who was the god of embalming and the dead? | Anubis |
| Who was the dwarf god? | Bes |
| Who was the king of gods? | Amun-Re |
| Who made people out of clay? | Khnum |
| How did they learn to predict heavy rain and the floods that followed? | By studying the skies |
| How did they keep track of the pattern of flooding? | By using a calendar with a 365 days year |
| The time were the water spilled onto the land along the river was called... | Inundation |
| The time of receding waters and time to plow and plant seeds 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 |
| Who did they believe ruled the sky? | Horus and his wife Isis |
| Who did they considered their most important god? | Amun-Re |
| What is a waterfall or a place where water runs fast over rocks called? | cataract |
| According to legend who united Lower and Upper Egypt? | King Menes |
| What was the color of the crown of Lower Egypt? | Red |
| What resulted from the uniting of Lower and Upper Egypt? | It markded 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 |
| Why did they build Pyramids? | To bury their dead pharaohs |
| During the Middle Kingdom we saw the rise of what classof people? | The Middle Class |
| During the Middle Kingdom we saw the rise of what class of people? | The Middle Class |
| What right did the middle class gain during the Middle Kingdom? | The right to own land |
| Who took control of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom? | The right to own land |
| Who took control of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom? | Government officials |
| Why did government officials take control of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom? | They were jealous of the pharaoh's power |
| Where did they bury the dead pharaohs during the Middle Kingdom? | In tombs cut into cliffs |
| The Middle Kingdom came to an end when the Egyptians were defeated by what people? | The Hyksos (hik' sos) |
| What did the Egyptians use from the Hyksos to defeat them? | Horse drawn chariots and weapons made of bronze and iron |
| What was the New Kingdom Known as? | The Age of Great Pharaohs |
| What happened to egypt during the New Kingdom? | It became richer and the cities grew larger |
| Why did the Egyptian's empire come to an end? | Because of the struggle between the priests and the pharaohs |
| Who am I? - I was only nine years old when I became pharaoh... | King Tut |
| Who am I? - I was pharaoh for 66 years. | Rameses II |
| Who am I? - I was concerned with expanding our economy | Hatshepsut |
| Who am I? - I am considered to be the greatest pharaoh of all. | Rameses the Great |
| Who am I? - I was known as the "Boy Paharaoh" | King Tut |
| Who am I? - I avoided military conquest | Hatshepsut |
| What was the Egyptian writing system called? | Hieroglyphics |
| What did they create to put their writing on? | papyrus |
| What helped us to be able to read ancient Egyptian writing? | The Rosetta Stone |
| How many symbols were there in the hieroglyphic writing system? | More than 600 symbols |
| In addition to their writing system, the ancient Egyptians are famous for what else? | Their magnificient architecture |
| Why were their temples so important to the ancient Egyptians? | They believed they were the homes of the gods |
| What are imaginary creatures witht he bodies of lions and the heads of other animals? | Sphinxes |
| What is a tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed at the top? | Obelisk (AH-buh-lisk) found at most entrances of Egyptian temples |
| Why are Egypt's temples so popular with tourists? | Because of the art they contain |
| Where would you find most Egyptian art? | In temples and tombs |
| Why di most Egyptians never see the beautiful work of most artists? | Because only kings, priests and important people could enter their temples and tombs |
| Beside paintings the Egyptians were also skilled at what other art form? | skilled stoneworkers |
| What did they make beautiful objects out of? | Gold and precious stones |
