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Egyptian Geography & Resources

Gods and Goddesses

Pharaohs/ Rulers

Famous People/Terms

Miscellaneous

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1-100 The fertile soil that comes from the flooding river

1-100A What is silt?

1-200 The waterfalls/rapids that make navigation on the Nubian section of the Nile dangerous

1-200A What are cataracts?

1-300 Salt used to preserve dead bodies

1-300A What is natron?

1-400 Plant that grew in the Nile; used to make paper

1-400A What is papyrus?

1-500 Triangular shape of fertile soil deposited at the mouth of a river.

1-500A What is a delta?

God of the underworld; all pharaohs become me in the afterlife

2-100A Who is Osiris?

2-200 The god of the sky;all pharaohs become this god when they rule; has head of a falcon

2-200A Who is Horus?

2-300 Goddess who protects mothers & families; wife of Osiris

2-300A Who is Isis?

2-400 The jackal-headed god of mummification

2-400A Who is Anubis?

2-500 The Egyptian sun god

Who is Re (Ra) or Amen Re?

Famous because his tomb was found intact in 1922

3-100A Who is Tutankhamen?

3-200 First famous woman pharaoh; started reign when stepson was too young to rule

3-200A Who is Queen Hatshepsut?

3-300 First pharaoh of Egypt; united Upper & Lower Egypt

3-300A Who is King Menes?

3-400 Queen who brought power to Egypt through her connections to Romans; was almost successful in ruling the entire Roman empire

3-400A Who is Cleopatra?

3-500 Considered the greatest pharaoh; ordered more statues built of him than any other

3-500A Who is Ramses the Great or Ramses II?

The British archeologist who discovered King Tut’s tomb in 1922

4-100A Who is Howard Carter?

4-200 The person who cracked the code of hieroglyphics

4-200A Who is Jean François Champollion?

4-300 The title of a person who rules for someone who is too young

4-300A What is a regent?

4-400 A series of rulers from the same family

4-400A What is a dynasty?

4-500 Greek historian who called Egypt the gift of the Nile

4-500A Who is Herodotus?

Ancient Egyptian picture writing; means “sacred carving”

5-100A What is hieroglyphics ?

5-200 A beetle who helped “push the sun across the sky”

5-200A What is a scarab beetle?

5-300 A cross-like symbol that symbolized eternal life

5-300A What is the ankh symbol?

5-400 Magical hieroglyphs (symbols) used to protect and empower people

5-400A What are amulets?

5-500 An oval shaped amulet/ ID tags; Ptolemy & Cleopatra’s names were written in these on Rosetta Stone

5-500A What a cartouche?

Triangular shape of fertile soil at mouth of river

6-100A What is delta?

My head is a very famous statue. My name means “beautiful one has come”.00

6-200A Who is Nefertiti?

I am the pharaoh who believed in one god, Aton.

6-300A Who is Akhenaton?

The original capital of Egypt.

6-400A What is Memphis?

The Great Pyramids are found here.

Where is Giza?

Name the person who conquered the ancient Egyptians.

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