Osiris smiles on you.

Move ahead 3 spaces

Q: Why did ancient Egyptians

use a shaduf?

A: To move buckets of water

for irrigation (3)

Q: Why were the

pyramids built?

A: They were tombs

for the Pharaohs

(2)

Q: What is the ancient

Egyptian process of

preserving bodies called?

A: Mummification

(2)

Q: What job did scribes

have?

A: To record laws and

records for the pharaohs

(3)

Q: How often did the Nile River

flood?

A: Yearly

(2)

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:

Children in anciet Egypt

went to school?

TRUE (2)

Q: What is an obelisk?

A: A monument constructed to

memorialize a person’s

accomplishments (3)

TRUE OR FALSE: Ancient

Egyptians believed that

writing their name down

meant no one would

forget them after death?

TRUE (2)

Q: What is the name of the

tool used to irrigate the

land?

A: Shaduf (4)

You triggered a trap in the

pharaoh’s tomb!

MOVE BACK 2 SPACES

Spot an oasis, move back 3

spaces!

Fall of a pyramid, move

back 2 spaces!

You swore that mummy came to

life! Move back 4 spaces!

Sphinx comes alive but

only you can see it!

Move ahead 4 spaces

You found King Tut!

Move ahead 3 spaces

Hop on a camel, move

ahead 2 spaces

Q: What is the name of the

jackal-headed god?

A: Anubis

(4)

Q: Who was god of the

sky?

A: Horus

(4)

Q: Who was god of the earth?

A: Geb

(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?

A: New life

(3)

Q: What does a knot of Isis

represent?

A: Fertility

(3)

Q: Why did Egyptians

paint eyes on their

coffins?

A: So the body could see

the world of the living

(2)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Ancient Egyptians

sometimes paid people to

mourn at their funerals

TRUE (2)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Only people were

mummified

FALSE (2)

Q: What was the kingdom of

Osiris called?

A: Field of Reeds

(4)

Q: What organ did Osiris

weight against a feather?

A: the heart

(3)

Q: What was stored in canopic

jars?

A: Body organs removed during

mummification

(3)

Q: Who is the Sun God?

A: Re (also called Ra)

(4)

TRUE OR FALSE:

The tombs of dead Egyptians

were always safe

FALSE (2)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Tomb raiding in Egypt

continues today

TRUE (2)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Mummy “unwrapping” was

a popular entertainment for

wealthy people in the

1800’s TRUE (2)

Q: What “boy king”

became pharaoh at age 9?

A: Tutankhamun (King Tut)

(3)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Some people make fake

mummies and try to sell them

TRUE (2)

Q: Does the Nile River flow

north or south?

A: North (4)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Cleopatra was Egyptian

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, & make-

up?

A: The thought it granted them

the protection of the gods & to

provide sun protection (3)

Q: In what continent is

Egypt?

A: Africa

(2)

Q: Into what sea does the

Nile River flow?

A: the Mediterranean

(3)

Q: What was the written

language of ancient

Egyptians called?

A: Hieroglyphics

(2)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Pharaohs would never let their

hair be seen

TRUE (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:

Ancient Egyptian males

shaved their heads

TRUE (except for one

lock of hair!) (2)

Q: What animal was revered

by the ancient Egyptians?

A: The cat

(3)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Ancient Egyptians often

held slaves

TRUE (2)

TRUE OR FALSE:

Ancient Egyptians didn’t pay

taxes

FALSE (2)

Q: What was the group of

spells to help a person to

the afterlife called?

A: The Book of the Dead

(3)

Q: What is a cartouch?

A: An oval object with a name

engraved in it

(3)