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Geography Inventions Politics & PowerOMG Pyramids &

Mummies

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Fertile land due to the Nile’s flood deposits

What are the Black Lands?

Barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides.

What are the Red Lands?

Approximate length of the River Nile?

A) 2000miles

B) 3000miles

C) 4000miles

D) 5000miles

4184miles long

BONUS QUESTION - 200ptsName the Lake where the Nile River

starts?

The name of this geographical feature

What is the Nile River Delta?

This stretch of Nile River was very turbulent and impossible to navigate

through

What are the Cataracts?

The Egyptians invented two of these so they were never late!

What are clocks (water & sun)?

This invention allowed Egyptians save countless hours in their fields

What is a plow

Bonus 200pts:

Name a crop that the Egyptians grew with help from the plow?

These were made to prevent endless robberies

What are locks?

This invention was prepared by laying strips side by side and

weaving them into each other.

What is a papyrus or paper?

Operated by hand and was used to lift water from the river onto land in

buckets

What is a shaduf?

The most important God. A sun god and lord of all

gods. He is usually in human form with a

falcon head, crowned with the sun disc

encircled by the a sacred cobra.

Who is Ra?

God of Mummification and had a Jackal’s head. His role was as the

"guardian to necropolis“.Priests often wore his mask during

mummification ceremonies.

Who is Anubis?

Killed by his brother Seth who was jealous and

wanted to be king. God of the underworld.

Who is Osiris?

He murdered his brother and plucked out Horus’s

eye

Who is Seth?

Was the wife & sister (!) of Osiris and mother of Horus.

Goddess of motherhood & life.

Who is Isis?

This word means ‘great house’ and is associated with a living god and key

religious and political figure

Who is a pharaoh?

The highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the

king, or pharaoh

Who is a Vizier?

      

Statue of Hemiunu, vizier and designer of Khufu's pyramid

Read the following passageand answer the question at the end

BONUS 200pts: Spell his name correctly

•He was a lousy general •He had a a lot of kids•He chiseled his name

all over Egypt•He built a huge temple

Discovered by Howard Carter in 1922, this Pharaoh was 9 when he

came to power and died mysteriously at the age of 18.

Who is King Tut or Tutankhamun?

Considered the “Seat of the Gods”, this royal capital has a new world

equivalent in Tennessee, USA

What is Memphis?

This pyramid was one of the first the Egyptians constructed

What is a stepped pyramid?

This pyramid is an engineering marvel difficult to replicate even with our modern day technology

What is the Great Pyramid?

How long did the average mummification & embalming

take?

A. 14 daysB. 40 days C. 90 daysD. 70 days

What is 70 days?

BONUS – 200pts Why so long?

This container held organs during the mummification process

-The baboon-headed Hapy guarded the lungs. -The human-headed Imsety was the guardian of the liver. -Jackal-headed Duamutef guarded the stomach/intestines

-Falcon-headed Qebehsenuef guarded the lower intestines.

What are Canopic jars?

Step by step this is the mummification process

This is the step-by-step process of how mummification took place:

1) Pull brain out of nose using a hook 2) Make a cut on the left side of the body near the tummy 3) Remove all internal organs 4) Let the internal organs dry 5) Place internal organs inside canopic jars except for heart 6) Place the heart back inside the body 7) Rinse inside of body with wine and spices 8) Cover the corpse with natron (salt) for 70 days 9) After 40 days stuff the body with linen or sand to give it a more human shape 10) After the 70 days wrap the body from head to toe in bandages Place in coffin