Ancient Egypt

What is the Nile Delta?

• fertile soil at the end of a river
• part of the Sahara Desert
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• fertile soil on either side of the Nile River

Who is buried in the Great Pyramid?

• Tut
• Hatshepsut
• Ramses II
• Khufu

What organ was NOT placed in canopic jars?

• stomach
• liver
• lungs
• kidneys

The liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were put into __ once they were removed from the body.

• pyramids
• boiled water
• sarcophagus
• canopic jars

Who embalmed the bodies in ancient Egypt?

• women
• priests
• nobles
• warlords

The final step of the mummification process was to __.

• place the coffins inside a sarcophagus.
• wrap the body with linens.
• choose a site to build the pharaoh's pyramid.
• decorate the sarcophagus.

What was the sarcophagus?

• outermost coffin
• fertile soil near a river
• room where the pharaoh was buried
• tool the embalmers used to dry the body

The Egyptians worshiped many __.

• plantations
• jackals
• rivers
• deities

The deserts surrounding Egypt were a part of the largest desert in the world, known as the __ Desert.

• Egyptian
• Sahara
• Agean
• Purivian

The Nile River flows ___.

• east to west
• west to east
• north to south
• south to north