vocabulary
Kingdoms
miscellaneous
Queen Hatshepsut
BONUS
100
dynasty
What is a series of rulers from the same family?
100
The period from about 2700 to 2200 BC in Egyptian History that began shortly after Egypt was unified.
What is The Old Kingdom
100
wrote records, accounts for the state, and copied religious and literary texts including stories and poems
Who are scribes?
100
near the city of Thebes
Where is Queen Hatshepsut's most impressive monument located?
100
Over 600 symbols
What is the number of symbols in hieroglyphics?
200
sphinx
What is an imaginary creature with the body of a lion and head of another animal or human
200
structure of society in the Old Kingdom
What is Pharaoh (top), nobles (next), scribes and craftspeople(below nobles), farmers, servants, slaves (bottom)
200
tall, four-sided pillars that pointed to the sky, leading the way to the afterlife.
What are obelisks?
200
she sent traders south to trade with Punt and North to trade with Asia Minor and Greece?
What did Hatshepsut do to increase trade in Egypt?
200
convicted criminals and prisoners captured in war
Who are those who became slaves?
300
elite
Who are people of wealth and power?
300
the combination of the white crown of upper Egypt and the red crown of lower Egypt.
What is the Double Crown of Menes
300
the two types of large structures created by the Egyptian architects
What are pyramids and temples?
300
the pharaoh headdress with a cobra, and a fake beard?
What are two items Queen H wore to get people to accept her as Pharaoh
300
the ability to own property, make contracts, and divorce husbands
What rights did Egyptian women have?
400
engineering
What is the application of scientific knowledge for a practical purpose?
400
a period of order and stability that lasted to about 1750 BC
What is the Middle Kingdom?
400
the last great Egyptian pharaoh
Who is Ramses the Great?
400
Queen H.'s successor, who spent his reign trying to erase the fact that Hatshepsut ever existed.
Who is her step-son, Thutmose III?
400
the annual festival when priests carried statues of the gods, and sacred boats from the temple to the Nile River.
What is the Opet festival?
500
a huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that helped scholars figure out what the hieroglyphs said.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
the New Kingdom
What is the period during which Egypt reached the height of it's power?
500
building massive monuments like, the temples at Karnak, Luxor, and AbuSimbel
For what is Ramses the Great best known?
500
how long Queen Hatshepsut ruled
Who is 1503-1482?
500
The first pharaoh of Egypt
Who was Menes?
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