Flocabulary Ancient Egypt

Menes was the _______________.

• pharaoh who built the first pyramid

• god of death and life

• first to unite Egypt

• British Egyptologist who discovered King Tut's tomb

Where is Upper Egypt located?

• In the northern part of Egypt

• In the southern part of Egypt

• To the east of the Nile Delta

• On top of the pyramids

Pharaohs had pyramids to _________

• serve as their tombs

• communicate with the gods

• protect them from invaders

• prevent the Nile from flooding

What did archaeologists learn from the Rosetta Stone?

• They learned that ancient Egyptians did not believe in an afterlife

• They learned how to read hieroglyphics

• They learned the location of King Tut's tomb

• They learned that the pyramids were built with ramps

Papyrus was made from _______________.

• reeds from the Nile

• silt from the Nile

• the same cloth used to wrap mummies

• sandstone

According to Egyptian mythology, in the afterlife _______________.

• the evil are reborn as crocodiles

• the good live forever with the "lion of heaven"

• the soul is eaten by Osiris

• the heart is weighed against the "feather of truth"

Ramses the Great was so admired that _______________.

• the Egyptians built him the largest pyramid

• the people made him into a god

• the capital city was renamed Ramses

• many other pharaohs took his name

Hatshepsut was _______________.

• Thutmose's brother

• the first pharaoh buried in the Valley of the Kings

• a great female pharaoh

• a boy king

Which of the following is a true statement?

• The Nile flooded unpredictably and often destroyed the crops.

• The desert, Nile and Mediterranean provided natural protection from invasion.

• There were no farmers in ancient Egypt because of the infertile soil.

• It was easy and safe to sail down the Nile River.

Why did Egyptians mummify their dead?

• The desert would have dried out the bodies very quickly.

• The soil was too hard to bury the bodies.

• In order for their souls to exist in the afterlife, they believed their bodies had to be preserved.

• In order for souls to exist in the afterlife, they believed their bodies had to be hidden from the gods.