Geography
Social Class
Art and Architecture
Hieroglyphics
Trade
100

What continent is Egypt located?

Africa 
100

What were the Egyptian kings called?

Pharaohs 

100

What were the pyramids used for?

As tombs for the burial of the pharaohs. 

100

What were people who wrote hieroglyphics called?

Scribes

100

What was the main way they transported good to be traded? 

By boat on the Nile.

200

What was another name for the Nile River? 

"The Giver of Life" 

200

Pharaohs were not only seen as rulers but also as what?

As Gods! 

200

Why did the pharaohs want all of their favorite things to be buried with them?

They were buried with their favorite things so they can bring it with them to the AFTER LIFE. 

200

What kind of paper did scribes write on?

Papyrus 

200

What is something that the Egyptians could not grow that they needed to trade FOR? 

Wood or timber

300

The NORTHERN part of Egypt was called ...

Lower Egypt 

300

The name of the king who united Upper and Lower Egypt was…

King Menes 

300

What were the Egyptian coffins called? 

Sarcophaguses

300

Egyptians used what to mix with water to serve as ink?

Soot (or ash) from a fire. 

300

What were some of Egypt's main exports? (Name 1)

Papyrus, gain, minerals (gold) and precious stones.

400

The area of Egypt where the soil was fertile and was great for farming was called...

Black Lands

400

Who were below the nobles in the Egyptian social classes? 

One example is needed for the points: 

- scribes

-craftsman

-merchants

400

What is this famous structure called? 

The Great Sphinx of Giza which guards the tombs of Giza. 

400

This item was what helped "crack the code" and decipher hieroglyphics. 

The Rosetta Stone

400

What were some of Egypt's main imports? (Name 2)

Wood, copper and ivory.

Luxury goods such as gold and precious stones. 

500

Why was the Nile River a helpful resource to the Egyptians? (2 ANSWERS REQUIRED!) 

Answer Options: 

- It provided drinking water.

- It provided water for farming.

- It provided easy transportation. 

- Papyrus grew there and animals they hunted lived there.

500

What was the name of the first female pharaoh?

Hatshepsut 

500

What kind of Egyptian art is this?

A relief carving.

500

What was a simplified version of hieroglyphics called?

Any of these are acceptable: 

Hieratic Script 

Demotic Script 

Coptic Script 

Meroitic Script

500

Who did the Egyptians trade with? (2 ANSWERS REQUIRED!)

Possible Answers:

- the Kush in Nubia 

- Greece

- Syria in the Sinai Peninsula

- Lebanon

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