Ancient Egypt

Pharaohs

100

god/ king or queen, the ruler of ancient Egypt 

What is a pharaoh?

200

a pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.

Who is Hatshepsut?

300

This pharaoh expanded the kingdom of Egypt through military conquests.

Who is Ramses II?

400

a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.

Who is King Tut?

500

This pharaoh, related to King Tut, upset the citizens of Egypt by banning polytheism 

Who is Ahmenhotep IV (Akhenaten)?

Legacies

100

the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.

What is Irrigation?

200

a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.

What is Papyrus?

300

Used as burial sites for Egypt's upper elites 

What are the pyramids?

400

a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.

What are Hieroglyphics?

500

This invention was a result of the predictable flooding of the Nile River

What is the calendar?

Geography

100

a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.

What is silt?

200

fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.

What is a Delta?

300

the southern area of ancient Egypt.

What is Upper Egypt?

400

the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.

What is North?

500

the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.

What is Nubia?

Vocabulary

100

Egyptian religion was.... meaning they believed in many gods/ goddesses

What is polytheistic?

200

The spreading of culture from one group of people to another

What is cultural diffusion?

300

This Egyptian tool aided in movement of water into irrigation canal 

What is a shadoof?

400

This Egyptian architecture 'defended' the pharaohs buried in the Great Pyramids 

What is the Sphinx of Giza?

500

Excerpts from this text were found inside the tombs of pharaohs

What is the Book of the Dead?

Miscellaneous

100

The world's first emperor 

Who was Sargon the Great?

200

The creator of 282 laws, the world's first written law code

Who is Hammurabi? 

300

This is Tennessee's football opponent this Saturday.

Who are the Arkansas Razorbacks?

400

This Egyptian god was responsible for weighing the heart of pharaohs in the afterlife

Who is Anubis?

500

The number of baboons found on the inside of Tutankhamun's tomb

What is 12?