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Name that Pharaoh
Oh my god(s)!
Name that Kingdom
Culture and Misc.
100
The mighty river that flows through Egypt and Nubia
What is the Nile?
100
The pharaoh whose tomb was not discovered until 1922.
Who is Tutankhamen (King Tut)?
100
This is the process where bodies are preserved to prepare them to enter the afterlife.
What is mummification (or making mummies)?
100
In the Old Kingdom, this king united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
100
The writing system of the Ancient Egyptians
What is hieroglyphics?
200
The Nile river empties out into this large body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
A powerful female Pharaoh who was supposedly murdered by her nephew.
Who is Hatshepsut?
200
The sun god.
Who is Ra (or Amun Ra)?
200
Ancient Egyptians began to build the pyramids during this kingdom.
What is the middle kingdom?
200
This group makes up the largest part of the population but is at the bottom of the Egyptian hierarchy (social structure).
Who are peasants?
300
The rich soil that makes up the Nile flood plain.
What is silt?
300
This Pharaoh was rumored to have had more than 100 children.
Who is Ramsees II?
300
The second most powerful group in the Egyptian hierarchy (social structure).
Who are priests?
300
The New Kingdom demonstrated improvements in military technology, including the introduction of this, which combined horses and wheeled carts.
What is a chariot?
300
Rather than use paper like the Europeans, Egyptians wrote on this.
What is papyrus?
400
This Greek historian drew his own version of a world map in the 5th century BC.
Who is Herodotus?
400
This Pharaoh has one of the most elaborate tombs in the valley of the kings.
Who is Seti II?
400
Ramsees II's wife, who was constructed into a goddess after her death.
Who is Nefretari.
400
This kingdom declined because it spent most of its money on construction rather than the military.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
400
This key to translating ancient Egyptian was not rediscovered until the late 1700s.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
The name of the ancient Egyptian capital city.
What is Thebes?
500
This Pharaoh moved the capital city to a new location and worshiped only the sun god Ra.
Who is Amenhotep?
500
The god of the afterlife.
Who is Osiris?
500
In Egyptian history, there were 31 of these....also called ruling families.
What is a dynasty?
500
This group is not part of the hierarchy (social structure) of Egypt, but many historians believe that they built the pyramids.
What are slaves?
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