Ancient Egypt

What do we call a person who studies ancient times and people?

• Farmer

• Astronomer

• Cataract

• Archaeologist

What do we call the reeds that Egyptians used to make a paper like material?

• wood

• papyrus

• cloth

• clay

What were the pictures that Egyptians used to represent words called?

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• drawings

• art

What do we call a body that has been treated for burial and wrapped in airtight cloth bandages?

• mummy

• pharaoh

• peasant

• merchant

What term is used to name a king in Egypt?

• sphinx

• king

• mummy

• pharaoh

What was the name of the archaeological discovery that unlocked the key to reading ancient Egyptian writing?

• Anubis

• Sphinx

• Rosetta Stone

• Amon Ra

This is the collection of spells that guided a person in the afterlife.

• Oskee Wow Wow

• Book of the Dead

• Hymnal

• Osiris

What do you call it when a series of rulers all come from the same family?

• Dynasty

• Nepotism

• Hierarchy

• Anubis

What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt and just happens to be the longest river in the world?

• Amazon

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Tigris

Know as the symbol of beauty and was the mother-in-law of King Tut and Queen to Akanaten.

• Nefertiti

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra

• Amon Ra