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Osiris smiles on you.
Q: Why did ancient Egyptians
use a shaduf?
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A: To move buckets of water
for irrigation
(3)
Q: Why were the
pyramids built?
Q: What is the ancient
Egyptian process of
preserving bodies called?
A: They were tombs
for the Pharaohs
A: Mummification
(2)
(2)
Q: What job did scribes
have?
Q: How often did the Nile River
flood?
A: To record laws and
records for the pharaohs
A: Yearly
(2)
(3)
Q: What plant was
pounded into paper?
A: papyrus
(2)
Q: Name 2 rights women had in
ancient Egypt?
A: Refuse marriage, divorce, hold a
job, own property, own a business,
defend herself in court, make a
will, inherit goods (4)
TRUE OR FALSE:
Q: What is an obelisk?
Children in anciet Egypt
went to school?
A: A monument constructed to
memorialize a person’s
accomplishments (3)
TRUE (2)
TRUE OR FALSE: Ancient
Egyptians believed that
writing their name down
meant no one would
forget them after death?
Q: What is the name of the
tool used to irrigate the
land?
A: Shaduf (4)
TRUE (2)
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You swore that mummy came to
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Sphinx comes alive but
only you can see it!
You found King Tut!
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Q: What is the name of the
jackal-headed god?
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A: Anubis
(4)
Q: Who was god of the
sky?
Q: Who was god of the earth?
A: Geb
A: Horus
(4)
(4)
Q: Who was god of the
air?
A: Shu
(4)
Q: How was the brain removed
during mummification?
A: With a hook through the nose
(2)
Q: What does a scarab
represent?
Q: What does a knot of Isis
represent?
A: New life
A: Fertility
(3)
(3)
Q: Why did Egyptians
paint eyes on their
coffins?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Ancient Egyptians
sometimes paid people to
mourn at their funerals
A: So the body could see
the world of the living
TRUE (2)
(2)
TRUE OR FALSE:
Only people were
mummified
FALSE (2)
Q: What organ did Osiris
weight against a feather?
A: the heart
(3)
Q: What was the kingdom of
Osiris called?
A: Field of Reeds
(4)
Q: What was stored in canopic
jars?
A: Body organs removed during
mummification
(3)
Q: Who is the Sun God?
TRUE OR FALSE:
A: Re (also called Ra)
The tombs of dead Egyptians
were always safe
(4)
FALSE (2)
TRUE OR FALSE:
TRUE OR FALSE:
Tomb raiding in Egypt
continues today
Mummy “unwrapping” was
a popular entertainment for
wealthy people in the
1800’s TRUE (2)
TRUE (2)
Q: What “boy king”
became pharaoh at age 9?
TRUE OR FALSE:
A: Tutankhamun (King Tut)
Some people make fake
mummies and try to sell them
(3)
TRUE (2)
Q: Does the Nile River flow
north or south?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Cleopatra was Egyptian
A: North (4)
FALSE (3)
TRUE OR FALSE: The
pyramids were built by
slaves FALSE (slavery
wasn’t uncommon but
slaves didn’t build the
pyramids! )
(4)
Q: Why did ancient Egyptians
value jewelry, perfume, & makeup?
A: The thought it granted them
the protection of the gods & to
provide sun protection (3)
Q: In what continent is
Egypt?
Q: Into what sea does the
Nile River flow?
A: Africa
A: the Mediterranean
(2)
(3)
Q: What was the written
language of ancient
Egyptians called?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Pharaohs would never let their
hair be seen
A: Hieroglyphics
TRUE (2)
(2)
Q: What was the only
organ not removed during
mummification?
A: The heart
(3)
(3
TRUE OR FALSE:
Ancient Egyptians knew how to
use mold to heal infections
TRUE (2)
Q: What did the ancient
Egyptians think was the
middle of the earth?
A: The Nile River (3)
TRUE OR FALSE:
Children were forced to wear
clothing from the moment of
birth
FALSE (2)
TRUE OR FALSE:
Q: What animal was revered
by the ancient Egyptians?
Ancient Egyptian males
shaved their heads
A: The cat
(3)
TRUE (except for one
lock of hair!) (2)
TRUE OR FALSE:
TRUE OR FALSE:
Ancient Egyptians often
held slaves
Ancient Egyptians didn’t pay
taxes
TRUE (2)
FALSE (2)
Q: What was the group of
spells to help a person to
the afterlife called?
Q: What is a cartouch?
A: An oval object with a name
engraved in it
A: The Book of the Dead
(3)
(3)