Ancient Egypt lesson 2

What Egyptian Pharaoh help defeat Hyksos

Ahmose

Which pharaoh concentrated on expanding Egypt's economy through trade?

Hatshepsut

These were mighty warriors that used bronze and iron to conquer Egypt

Hysksos

Also known as Menes, who united Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100

Narmer

Ancient Egypt used these 2 things while building pyramids

math and astronomy

A body wrapped in a long strips of linen

mummy

Another name for an Egyptians king

pharaoh

A mountain like stone structure used as a tomb

pyramid

The Egyptians willingly served their all-powerful leader because they believed

the leader was a deity

What was the capital city of Egypt during the middle kingdom?

Thebes

3 reasons the Nile was important

Transportation, Water source and Irrigation

the "boy king" that was famous for finding treasures in his tomb

Tutankhamen

Amenhotep

introduced new religion with one god

The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh ?

king Khufu

Re

Egyptian sun god

Hieroglyphics

Egyptian writing system

Who is the jackal-headed deity that is god of embalming?

Anubis

was a collection of spells needed for the afterlife

Book of the Dead

The land called around the Nile River Delta is

Lower Egypt

The ancient Egyptian civilization was the first to have specialists in the field of

Medicine

What body of water does the Nile River Flow into

Mediterranean Sea

The Kush civilization moved their capital from Napata to

Meroe

World's longest river

Nile

Which type of religion that worships many different gods

Polytheistic

What was the first step to embalming

Priest removed the organs

A pharaoh that ruled for 66 years, from 1279 BC to 1213 BC and built temples

Ramses II

World's largest desert

Sahara

Grassy Plains that stretch across africa and sahara

Savanna

Who was King Tutankhamen?

a kid that became king at age 10- Powerful Egyptian king

What was used to place the heavy stone blocks when building the pyramids

barges

Ancient Egyptians studied the to learn how to obtain life after death.

book of the dead

Natural boarder that protected Egypt from the south

cataracts

A god or goddess

deity

A process used in Egyptian royal burials

embalming

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing was

embalming

The Nile had these types of floods

gentle and dependable