What do you call a person who specialises in the study of Ancient Egypt?
Egyptologists
Ancient Egypt developed along the ________ River.
Nile
What were the two kingdoms of Ancient Egypt?
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
What are the four main periods of Ancient Egypt?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Period
The position of pharaoh was passed down to members of the same family or _________.
dynasty
The Egyptian economy was based on _________________ and trade
fluvial agriculture
The Egyptians, like the Mesopotamians, made important advances in ___________ and __________ to predict the flooding of the Nile and increase agricultural production.
mathematics and astronomy
What was the religion of Ancient Egypt?
polytheistic
The Egyptians ___________ their corpses where they embalm them so that the body would be as well preserved as possible.
mummified
What do you call the embalmed corpse wrapped in linen?
mummy
During the Old Kingdom, the capital was established in ___________.
Memphis
During the Middle Kingdom, the capital moved to ________.
Thebes
During the Late Kingdom, Egypt was conquered by ____________.
Alexander the Great
Name at least 3 Egyptian gods
Ra, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amun, Hathor, Sekhmet, Anubis, Thot and Set
___________ are buildings dedicated to the gods.
Temples
_______ were buildings that contained burial chambers or rooms where the sarcophagus was placed with the mummy inside.
tombs
