Pharaohs
Who was regent to Thutmose III before pushing him aside to become pharaoh? (page 292 EH)
Hatshepsut
What plant did the Egyptians make paper from? (page 298 EH)
papyrus
Who enjoyed more rights and freedoms in ancient Egypt in comparison to other ancient civilizations like Greece and Rome? (page 296)
women
Who was god of the underworld, father of Horus and brother and husband of Isis? (pp. 285)
Osiris
What makes up more than 90 percent of Egypt's landcover? (page 252 EH)
desert
What pharaoh killed herself rather than give up the throne?
Cleopatra VII
What is a hieroglyphic royal Egyptian signature called?
a cartouche
What was the Egyptian practice of preserving the dead for the afterlife called? (page 286, 287 EH)
mummification
What was weighed against the dead person's heart in the afterlife? (pp. 286)
The feather of truth (or Maʽat)
What two rivers converge south of Egypt to form the Nile River? (p. 277)
The Blue Nile and White Nile
The tomb of which pharaoh contained riches like gold coffins when it was discovered in 1922? (page 302 EH)
Tutankhamun or King Tut
What's the name of the inscripted slab that unlocked the mystery of hieroglyphics? (page 299 EH)
The Rosetta Stone
What ancient Egyptian book, or scroll, served as a guide to the afterlife? (pp. 299 E.H.)
The Book of the Dead
Who had the head of a jackal and was god of mummification? (page 287 EH)
Anubis
In which direction does the Nile River Flow? (pp. 279)
north
What Upper Egyptian king conquered Lower Egypt in 3100 BC and became the first Lord of the Two Lands? (page 281 EH)
Narmer (aka Menes)
Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt? (page 294 EH)
scribes
What three pharaonic tombs, built over 4,000 years ago by three generations, are still standing at Giza? (page 288 EH)
The pyramids
Who was the miracle child of Isis and Osiris and God of the sky? (page 285)
Horus
What was the Gift of the Nile? (page 278 EH)
Egypt
Who did Ahmose of Thebes drive out of Egypt in the mid-1500s BC before becoming pharaoh? (pp. 292 EH)
The Hyksos
What's the fourth Greek letter (Δ) and the name of a triangle-shaped area of land (∇) made from soil deposited by a river? (pp. 279)
a delta
Who did King Narmer of Upper Egypt marry after conquering Lower Egypt in order to unify the Two Lands in 3100 BC?
Princess Neithhotep
The creature/goddess Ammit had the body of which three animals? (check for small figure in illustration on page 286 EH)
*You get 500 points for each correct animal
crocodile, lion (leopard), and hippopotamus
Who was drafted to build pyramids and temples during the flood season? (pages 288, 289 EH)
farmers (the Egyptian people)