Picture This!
What Is It?
May I Have the Definition?
Who?
What...?
Weather Report
100
Name the picture's brown area.
Sahara Desert
100
What peninsula has been a land bridge between Africa and Asia?
Sinai Peninsula
200
Name the body of water that on the left side of this picture.
Red Sea
200
What is the world's largest river?
Nile River
300
Name the are in this picture that is between Egypt and Israel.
Sinai Peninsula
300
What is a piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river?
delta
300
May I have the definition of pyramids?
tombs built for the pharaohs
300
What is Egypt often called because of the Nile's great importance?
"The Gift of the Nile"
400
Name the picture's green area.
Nile River
400
What is a cataract?
a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces waterfalls
400
May I have the definition of an obelisk?
a tall pointed pillar built to honor the Egyptian sun god
400
Who was a king of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Menes
400
What did the ancient Egyptians call their land because of its fertile areas ending so abruptly (there was not much fertile land across Egypt).
Red Land, Black Land
500
Name the upper part of the green area in this picture.
Nile Delta
500
What is a period of a serious shortage of food?
famine
500
May I have the definition of a scribe?
a secretary to a ruler
500
Who was the first pharaoh.
Akhenaton
500
What is the largest of the pyramids standing today?
Great Pyramid
600
Name the area around the river that is below its delta.
Upper Egypt
600
What is a pharaoh?
ruler of Egypt; "great house"
600
May I have the definition of a palette?
a box used to hold paints
600
Who built the Great Pyramid as his tomb.
Khufu
600
What famous monument has the head of a man and the body of a lion?
Great Sphinx
600
Name three Egyptian Seasons.
flood season, planting season, and harvest season
700
Name the area in the picture around that river that is around its delta.
Lower Egypt
700
What is the next in importance to the Egyptian king called?
vizier
700
May I have the definition of papyrus?
paper-like material
700
Who was a vizier mentioned in the Bible.
Joseph
700
What do we call the area neat Thebes that the pharaohs used as a cemetery?
Valley of the Kings
700
Building projects are done during which season in Egypt?
flood season
800
Name the Egyptian city in the picture that is along the Nile River and near the red rectangle.
Thebes
800
What is a shadoof?
an irrigation device; a long pole with a bucket tied on one end
800
May I have the definition of a scroll?
a long roll of papyrus or paper
800
Who was ancient Egypt's only woman pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
800
What was the key to understanding the meaning of hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
800
Planting crops and working on irrigation projects are done during which season?
planting season
900
Name the Egyptian city that is near the city of Cairo.
Memphis
900
What is a preserved body from ancient Egypt called?
mummy
900
May I have the definition of hieroglyphics?
an Egyptian system of picture writing
900
Who was the pharaoh whose tomb is more famous than he.
Tutankhamen
900
What color did most ancient Egyptians wear and Why?
White; probably because it reflects the sun's heat, making it the most comfortable material to wear in a hot, dry climate
900
Gathering crops is done during which season?
harvest season