Egypt
Egypt
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Egyptian Life
1. Of what did the Egyptians make their homes? ____________________
2. Most Egyptians worked as __________________, ___________________, ____________________.
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3. What was made from the flax plant? ___________________
4. What clothing was worn by men? ___________________
5. What was used to make sandals, baskets, mats, and sails? _________________
6. To whom or what might the farmer have to give part of his harvest? _____________, ______________
7. What might they drink? ______________
8. What animals might the man use for plowing? _________________
9. What might a woman use to help apply makeup? ________________
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10. Whom did Egyptians believe came from a lotus blossom? _________________
11. What did Egyptians make from grapes? ___________________
12. What was done to provide for the dead in the afterlife? ___________________________
13. Farmers used ____________to pull carts, while ________________were used to pull chariots.
14. What might women wear on their heads? ____________________ ____________________
15. For what were cats used? ________________
16. What may the glass fish have been used for? __________________
click Ancient Egypt and go to Geography
17. Kemet is the name for the ___________land that has fertile soil for farming.
18. Deshuret is the name for the ________ land which was barren but had some mining.
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19. Why did the boy go to the river? __________________
20. What is needed to go upstream? ______________
21. Why could the boat not go any further upstream? _________________
22. What was going on around the Faiyum? ___________________
23, What is the area where the river divides into smaller channels? ______________________
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24. What stone was found in the delta that helped translate hieroglyphics? ________________
25, What were ancient names for Sudan? _____________________
click on Ancient Egypt and go to Gods and Goddsses
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26. Dark waters of chaos _______________________
27. First god _____________________
28. God of air ______________________
29. Goddess of moisture ___________________
30. God of earth ________________________
31, Goddess of sky _______________________
32. God of underworld _____________________
33. Square eared god who killed Osiris ____________
34. Scarab headed god of creation _________________
35. Crocodile god of the Nile ____________________
36. Sun god who pushes sun through the sky ___________________
37. Sister/wife of Osiris who protected people ______________________
38. Goddess of truth ________________
39. God of writing and knowledge ____________________
40. God of artisans, crafts __________________
41. Lion headed goddess of war _____________________
42. God who moulded people on potter's wheel _____________________
43. Defeated Seth for rule of Egypt _________________________
44. Combination of Horus and Ra _________________________
45. King of gods _____________________
46. God of embalming ________________________
47. Goddess of love and joy ___________________
48. Cat goddess ____________________
Click Ancient Egypt Mummification Story
49. In what were internal organs packed and the body dried? _________________
50. Sometimes internal organs were placed in _____________ jars.
51. What was an Isis knot? _____________________________
52. Spells, written on papyrus, from the _______________________were included.
53. What was painted on linen strips to glue them together? ___________________
54. What was the stone coffin called? _________________________
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55. What figurines would do work in the afterlife? ______________________
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56. Who built the largest pyramid? _______________
57. When did farmers work on the pyramids? ______________________
58. What was a flat tomb for nobles called? _________________________
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59. Of what were casing blocks made? ___________________
. Click Ancient Egypt Temples Story
60. Temples were the homes of __________
61. What are the tall objects in front of trhe pylons called? _________________
62. A duck or goose would be released into the _____________________to symbolize
the creation of the world from the cosmic egg. Remember the bird bath in the
Egypt Game.
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63. What was kept in the shrine of the sanctuary? _____________________
Click Ancient Egypt Time Story
64. What instrument was used to keep track of time? _________________
65. In what season did the New Year start? _______________________
66. What were groups of stars that appeared every ten days called? _____________
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67. How did people make a living along the Nile beginning circa 7000 BC? _________________
68. What was Egyptian writing called? ________________________
69. Who was the first Pharaoh to rule upper and lower Egypt? ___________________________
70. The first pyramid, the _________________was built at _________________for ___________________.
71. The 3 pyramids at Giza were built for ________________ _________________ _______________
72. What has the body of a lion and head of a man? __________________
73. During which kingdom were the pyramids built? ________________________
74. What is the name of the period between the Old and Middle Kingdoms when upper
and lower Egypt were ruled by different kings called? _______________________
75. Where is there a large lake in the Western Desert? _____________________
76. Which temple was started during the Middle KIngdom? _________________________
77. Why did Egypt want to control Nubia? ______________________
78. During the ____________________period the ________________ controlled the delta.
79. Who threw out the Hyksos and became Pharaoh to start the New Kingdom? _______________
80. What woman ruled as Pharaoh in place of her step-son Thutmose III?
81. With what god did Akhenaten replace Amun as chief god? ____________________
82. Whose tomb full of artifacts did Howard Carter find_____________________
83. Who had a colossal of himself built? ___________________
84. Which Nubian king first took control of Egypt? ___________________
85. Which descendant of Ptolemy ruled Egypt until the Romans took over? ___________________
86. What scripts were found on the Rosetta Stone? ________________ ________________ _____________
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87. Hieroglyphics were written on temple walls and ______________ by _____________
88. Which script developed from hieroglyphics? ____________________
89. What writing was developed next? ___________________