People and Places
Word Wise
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It's a Good Job, If You Can Get It
What? and Why?
100
This country is known as the "gift of the Nile."
What is Egypt?
100
A line of rulers from the same family is referred to using this word or term.
What is a dynasty?
100
This process involves preserving a body and preparing it for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
100
Anyone holding this position would be worshipped and revered as living god.
What is a pharaoh?
100
Many important, historical documents were written on this plant-based early form of paper.
What is papyrus?
200
This young pharaoh became famous when his tomb was discovered, revealing a wealth of untouched artifacts.
Who was King Tutankhamen or King Tut?
200
These established pathways connected Egypt with neighbors and distant lands, allowing them to exchange goods.
What are trade routes?
200
Having the body of a lion and the head of a human, this figure symbolized royal power and was supposed to protect entrances of temples and tombs.
What is a sphinx?
200
An individual holding this position would help the pharaoh run the government and collect taxes.
What is a noble?
200
Water and fertile soil provided by this river were "gifts" that helped Egypt thrive.
What is the Nile River?
300
Known for encouraging trade, this queen was one of the few female pharoahs.
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
300
Shown below, this "picture writing" from Ancient Egypt was translated using information from the famous Rosetta Stone.
What are hieroglyphics?
300
This type of tall, pointed monument originated in Ancient Egypt.
What is an obelisk?
300
This famous slab was an important key to translating Egyptian hieroglyphics because its message was written in three different languages.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
This benefit explained why the annual flooding of the Nile River was important to farmers.
What is depositing a rich and fertile layer of soil for growing crops?
400
The Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed by this ruler.
Who is Khufu?
400
Egypt imported the precious metal of gold from this kingdom.
What is the Kindgom of Kush?
400
This area where a river splits into several branches before entering a larger body of water looks like a triangle.
What is a delta?
400
Individuals having this "job" used their knowledge of geometry, surveying, and orgnaization to plan and construct many Ancient Egyptian monuments. They found solutions to challenges such as moving large stones and containing the Nile.
What is an engineer?
400
This notable accomplishment was first achieved by the Pharaoh Menes.
What is uniting Upper and Lower Egypt?
500
This kingdom was know for its rich natural resources and inhabitants that were skilled with bows and arrows.
What was the Kindom of Nubia?
500
This form of government is one in which a person or a group of people rules in the name of a deity or god.
What is a theocracy?
500
Pyramids build by this kingdom looked like those constructed by the Ancient Egyptions.
What is the Kingdom of Kush?
500
Individuals making up this group would be at the top levels of Egyptian society. Examples would include nobles and pharaohs.
What is the elite?
500
This religion was adopted by the Kingdom of Aksum early in its history.
What is Christianity?