Ancient Egypt

Geography

100

What continent is Egypt on?

Africa

200

What desert is Egypt a part of?

Sahara Desert

300

What river runs through Egypt?

Nile River

400

True or false: The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world.

True

500

True or false: The Nile River is the shortest river in Africa

False

The Kingdoms

100

The Ancient Egyptian Empire is split up into how many kingdoms?

3

200

What is the name of the first kingdom?

The Old Kingdom

300

What is the name of the second kingdom?

Middle Kingdom

400

What is the name of the third kingdom?

New Kingdom

500

What was Egypt like in between the kingdoms?

It was bad. There were droughts, famine, fighting, and chaos.

Pharaohs

100

What is a pharaoh?

The king or queen of Egypt.

200

What was Pharaoh Khufu best known for?

Building the Great Pyramid

300

What is special about Pharaoh Hatshepsut?

She was the first female pharaoh.

400

Name one fact about the Great Pyramid of Giza.

- took 20 years to build

- contains 20 million bricks

- the bricks weight about 2,000 pounds each

- the pharaoh was buried inside of it

500

What was Pharaoh Ramses II's nickname?

Ramses the Great

Mummies and the Afterlife

100

What is a mummy?

The preserved body of a royal or wealthy person

200

What did the Ancient Egyptian think happened to people after the died?

They would start a new life in the afterlife.

300

Why did Ancient Egyptian's make mummies?

So the person who died could use their body in the afterlife

400

True or false: The mummification process was quick and easy.

False, the process is complex and took over 2 months and 

500

Name one of the steps in the mummification process

1. Body was washed

2. all of the organs, except for the heart, were removed

3. the body was filled with stuffing

4. the body was covered in salt to dry it out

5. after 50 days the body was removed from the salt

6. The body was wrapped in linen

7. The body was placed in a stone coffin called a sarcophagus

Daily Life

100

How was Ancient Egyptian society structured? (What shape is it related to?)

Social pyramid

200

True or false: Artisans were at the top of the social pyramid.

False, artisans were near the bottom

300

What is the name of the people who learn how to read and write hieroglyphics?

Scribes

400

Did everyone in Ancient Egypt know how to read and write?

No, only scribes (and sometimes people who were upper class or doctors)

500

What is the name of the people who oversaw the mummification process?

Priests and priestesses