Egypt Under the Pharaohs
Art, Architecture, and Learning in Egypt
Egypt and Nubia
Vocab
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100
The most important god of all those worshiped by Egyptians was the sun god called?
What is Amon-Re
100
What well-known piece of literature served as a guide to the afterlife for dead souls?
What is The Book of the Dead
100
Nubia took the aspects of their gods and the use of what structures from Egypt?
What are pyramids
100
What is the structure of the human body and its organs?
What is anatomy
100
How were Egyptian farmers able to produce enough food to create a surplus?
What is the use of earth walls to trap flood waters for irrigation
200
According to legend, the first pharaoh and leader who united the Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt was who?
Who was Menes
200
In order to construct the pyramids, the Egyptians needed to be proficient in the fields of engineering and what?
What is mathematics
200
What is the buying and selling of goods called?
What is commerce
200
Egyptians developed a system of writing that used drawings and symbols called what?
What is hieroglyphics
200
Why was the invention of papyrus as a writing material significant?
What is easy to write on, easy to transport, lasts longer in the hot weather
300
In order to overcome death like Osiris, Egyptians believed that they needed to do what?
What is preserve their bodies for the afterlife
300
Skilled artists created paintings on the interior wall of the pyramids depicting daily Egyptian life for what reason?
What is to provide the person buried with servants and things they needed
300
Which pharaoh was remembered for working to promote trade with eastern Mediterranean countries as well as Nubia?
Who is Snefru
300
What is the dependence by a country on another country or group called?
What is interdependence
300
How do we know that Egyptians possessed knowledge in the field of chemistry?
What is their work with glass, mortar for stone and brick, and cosmetics
400
Which ancient Egyptian leader fought against the Hittites in the area that was then called Kadesh?
Who is Ramses II
400
Which star would the Egyptians look for as their predictor of when the Nile would flood each year?
What is Sirius
400
What two items did the Nubians receive from African countries when they traded their iron goods and gold?
What are ebony and ivory
400
What is a system of offices or officials that handle the business of government called?
What is a bureaucracy
400
Why was Isis, the mother goddess of Egypt, looked to for protection in life and death?
What is the fact that she brought her husband back to life after he was killed. She represented love, caring, and protection because she found his pieces and he lived again.
500
The geography of ancient Egypt included vast desert areas of burning sands known as what?
What is the Red Land
500
For whom were the three pyramids at Giza built?
Who are King Khufu, his son Khafre, and his grandson Menkaure
500
What present day country, then known as Aksum, conquered Nubia in the A.D. 300's?
What is Ethiopia
500
The Nubians created one of the world's first alphabets called what?
What is Meroitic script
500
What is Mr. Wilhelm's birthday? (Closest group gets the points)
What is May 3
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