Before pyramids, Egyptian kings were buried is special tombs called ________________.
What is a mastaba?
100
This king was the first to unite Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
100
These people invaded and conquered Lower Egypt in 1640 B.C.E. Their defeat of Lower Egypt ended the Middle Kingdom era.
Who are the Hyksos?
100
This powerful female pharaoh's greatest achievement was a successful trading expedition to the far away city of Punt. However, she is more famous today for wearing a fake beard in statues.
Who is Hatshepsut?
100
This is the longest river in the world. It runs through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
200
This organ is left in the body during the embalming process.
What is the heart?
200
This is the name of Egyptian pictograph writing.
What are hieroglyphs?
200
This king conquered the Hyksos and united Upper and Lower Egypt once more. This started the New Kingdom.
Who is Ahmose I?
200
She was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. She had love affairs with Julius Ceasar and Mark Antony of Rome. She committed suicide when Egypt was conquered.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
200
True or False: Egyptians were monotheists.
Explain your answer.
What is False. Egyptians were polytheists because they believed in a thousand different gods.
300
The Great Pyramids of Egypt are located in ____________.
Where is Giza?
300
The Old Kingdom Kings, such as Khufu, are known for building this wonder of the ancient world.
What are pyramids?
300
These TWO seas border Egypt.
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
300
This king was the stepson of Hatshepsut. His greatest achievement was conquering Nubia, Canaan, and Syria. He was a great warrior.
Who is Tuthmosis III?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Explain why Lower Egypt is in northern Egypt instead of in the south.
The Nile River runs from south to north so the end (or bottom) of the river is in the north, called Lower Egypt.
400
Explain why Egyptians mummified people?
To preserve the body from decay so that the spirit of the dead person could find it's body and make it to the afterlife.
400
Why did Egyptian kings wear two crowns: a red crown and a white crown?
To show that they ruled both Lower and Upper Egypt.
400
The Hyksos brought these new inventions to Egypt when they invaded.
What are bronze, horses, and the wheel?
400
This king started many large building projects around Egypt. He was born a regular guy. His military family took power for him. He claimed that he had 80 sons and 60 daughters!
Who is Ramsses II?
400
Who built the pyramids?
- Aliens
- Slaves
- Egyptian people wanting to reach the afterlife
What are Egyptian people wanting to reach the afterlife
500
Pharaohs were mummified and buried in pyramids. What does the title "pharaoh" mean?
Pharaoh means "great house."
500
This caused lots of deaths through starvation because crops would not grow in Egypt and made Egyptians so upset that they killed several of their kings.
What is a drought?
500
Explain why Lower Egypt is in northern Egypt instead of in the south.
The Nile River runs from south to north so the end (or bottom) of the river is in the north, called Lower Egypt.
500
This king is famous for trying to make all Egyptians believe in one god, the sun god Aten. He is the father of Tutankhamen.
Who is Akhenaten?
500
Which empire conquered Egypt when Cleopatra VII was pharaoh?