The History of the Nile

Question 1

Hashetsup

Answer 1

A queen who made money off of trade and used the money to build temples

Question 2

Menes

Answer 2

The very first king in unified Egypt

Question 3

Ramses

Answer 3

A king who was also the leader of the military

Question 4

Tut

Answer 4

The 9 year old king who lived and reigned until he was 19. He is an important king because he gave a lot of information on the afterlife, and beliefs that the egyptians had.

Question 5

Howard Carter

Answer 5

He discovered King Tut’s tomb

Question 6

Khufu

Answer 6

The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. He is famous because there were monuments constructed in his honor

Question 7

Sphinx

Answer 7

A sculpture of a half lion and half man

Question 8

Obelisk

Answer 8

A tall stone commemorating the dead kings and gods.

Question 9

Theocracy

Answer 9

A law where the king is ruled by the command of gods

Question 10

Afterlife

Answer 10

The life after death (egyptians believed in)

Question 11

Pharaoh

Answer 11

The ruler/king of egypt

Question 12

Dynasty

Answer 12

A series of rulers from the same family

Question 13

Nile

Answer 13

The river that ran all through Egypt and was a life source

Question 14

Rosetta Stone

Answer 14

A large slab of stone with hieroglyphics carved into it, and allowed hieroglyphics be translated to Ancient Greek

Question 15

Delta

Answer 15

Land made by deposits of sand, dirt stones left at the mouth of a river

Question 16

Papyrus

Answer 16

Paper, made from papyrus plant

Question 17

Trade Routes

Answer 17

A route taken to trade safley, and known coordinates

Question 18

Engineering

Answer 18

Designing and building structures ore machines

Question 19

7 facts about the Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs

Answer 19

1. Takes out all of the organs except the heart
2. Puts organs into canopics
   3.Bodies were mummified and put into sarcophagus’s that were decorated
   4.They believed that the dead would be taken to the afterlife
3. Mummifying the body took up to 70 days
   6.Sarcophagus were put into tombs filled with riches and personal items. They did this for a persons “ka”
4. They believed that Annubis prepared the bodies to be put in a sarcophagus