Nile/Geography
Pharaohs
Pyramids
Mummies
Social Classes
100
What is the name of the large area of fertile land in Lower Egypt?
Delta
100
Who is the famous pharaoh who died at the age of 19?
King Tutankhamun (King Tut)
100
Who built the pyramids?
The farmers
100
What is the process of protecting a pharaoh's corpse called? (NOT mummification)
Embalming
100
Who counted the cattle & the pyramid bricks & recorded history?
Scribes
200
How long is the Nile River?
4,132 miles (4,000 miles is okay)
200
Which pharaoh united Upper & Lower Egypt?
Narmer (Menes)
200
What direction does the pyramid entrance face?
North
200
What organ was left in the body during the mummification process & why?
Heart - Home of the Spirit
200
Who made up the largest group of people in Ancient Egypt?
Farmers
300
What is the name of the two beginnings rivers of the Nile?
White & Blue Nile
300
What is the name of a line of rulers from one family?
Dynasty
300
What is the area where pharaohs were buried starting during the Middle Kingdom?
The Valley of the Kings (tombs cut into cliffs)
300
What were the organs put into after they were removed from the corpse?
Canopic Jars
300
Because of surpluses of food, many farmers became what?
Artisans
400
What geographic feature makes it difficult to travel along parts of the Nile?
Cataracts
400
Who tried to cahnge Egyptian religion into only having one god?
Akhenaten (Amenhotep)
400
In what city was the Great Pyramid built?
Giza
400
Mummies were dried with crystals of what element?
Natron
400
Name 3 occupations in the Upper Class but below the pharaoh?
Vizier, priest, noble, government officials, army officers
500
What are the capitals of Upper & Lower Egypt? (in order)
Thebes & Memphis
500
Which pharaoh launched a building project that constructed many temples?
Ramses II
500
Within 200 years, when was the Great Pyramid built?
2540 B.C. (2340-2840 B.C.)
500
What is the name of the collection of spells and prayers for the afterlife?
The Book of the Dead
500
What were the forced payments that captured people had to pay to the pharaoh?
Tributes
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