Pharaohs
Vocabulary
Achievements
Mythology
Geography
100

Who was co-regent to her stepson before becoming pharaoh? (page 292 EH)

Hatshepsut

100

Egyptians made paper from what plant? (pp. 298) 


papyrus

100

What gender enjoyed more rights in ancient Egypt than ancient Greece and Rome?Greece and Rome? 

women

100

Who was brother and husband of Isis and god of the underworld? (pp. 285)? (pp. 285)

Osiris

100

What kind of land cover is over 90% of Egypt? (pp. 252 EH)

desert

200

What pharaoh killed herself rather than give up power to the conquering Romans?

  


Cleopatra 

200

What is the name of a hieroglyphic Egyptian signature?

a cartouche

200

What did the Egyptians call the practice of preserving the dead? (page 286, 287 EH)

mummification

200

What feather was weighed against the heart? (pp. 286)

Maʽat's Feather of Truth

200

What two rivers converge in Khartoum to form the Nile River? (pp. 279)

The Blue Nile and White Nile

300

Which pharaoh's tomb contained riches when it was discovered? (302, 303) 

Tutankhamun or King Tut

300

What's the name of the stone that unlocked the mystery of hieroglyphics? (pp. 299)

The Rosetta Stone

300

What was the name of the hieroglyphic scroll buried with the dead? (pp. 299 E.H.)

The Book of the Dead

300

Who had the head of a jackal and was god of mummification? (page 287 EH)

Anubis

300

In what direction does the Nile River Flow? (pp. 279) 

north

400

What Upper Egyptian king conquered Lower Egypt in 3100 BC? (pp. 281 EH)

Narmer (aka Menes)

400

Who kept records in Ancient Egypt? (p. 294)

scribes

400

What is the tallest pyramid in the world? (p. 288))


Pyramid of Khufu, or Great Pyramid 

400

Who was the child of Isis and Osiris who became God of the sky? (pp. 285) 

Horus

400

What was the Gift of the Nile? (page 278 EH)

Egypt

500

What New Kingdom pharaoh had a hundred wives and children and ruled for 67 years? (pp. 297 EH)

Ramses II, or Ramses the Great

500

What triangle-shaped area of land is made from soil deposited by a river? (pp. 279) 

a delta

500

Who did Narmer of Upper Egypt marry after conquering Lower Egypt??

Princess Neithhotep 

500

Ammit's body was composed of what three animals?



crocodile, lion (leopard), and hippopotamus

500

What Egyptian city, named after Alexander the Great, is the second largest in Egypt?

Alexandria

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