Religion
Achievements
Geography
Kush
Obscure
100
God of the sun.
What is Ra.
100
Built by Pharaoh Khufu, this achievement is one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.
What is the Great Pyramid.
100
The two parts of Egypt that combine for most Egyptian history.
What is upper and lower Egypt?
100
Direction of Kush in relation to Egypt.
What is south?
100
Nickname for ancient Egyptian civilization.
What is the Gift of the Nile.
200
Name 3 Egyptian Gods/ Goddesses.
What is ... (answers vary).
200
Paper made from a reed commonly found in the Nile delta.
What is papyrus?
200
The Nile flows downhill in this direction (think compass).
What is North?
200
Female leader/ ruler of Kush.
What is a Kandake?
200
The most powerful person in Egypt besides the Pharaoh.
What is the vizier?
300
The place where your heart is weighed against the feather of truth. There is a panel of judges here.
What is the Judgement Hall of Osiris.
300
The Egyptians wrote with picture letters called this.
What is a hieroglyph?
300
Ancient Egyptian civ. developed in the Nile valley ___________years ago.
What is 5000 years?
300
Piye and his family became the 25th _________, or line of rulers.
What is a dynasty.
300
Length of the Ancient Egyptian calendar.
What is 365 days?
400
The name of the Ancient Egyptian version of heaven.
What is the Field of Reeds/ land of two fields.
400
The main three time periods we study in ancient Egypt.
What are the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
400
Three natural barriers surrounding Egypt.
What is the Red Sea, Med. Sahara, Nubian, Easter, Western Deserts?
400
This Mesopotamian civ. triumphed over the Kushites because of their superior iron technology.
Who are the Assyrians?
400
This area signified the rich, fertile soil of the Nile. (Hint: not red).
What is the Black land?
500
Organs other than the heart were placed in these containers during the mummification process.
What are canopic jars?
500
Two female Pharaohs of Egypt.
What is Hatshepsut, Cleopatra, etc?
500
Another name for rapids/ waterfalls.
What is a cataract?
500
Before falling to the Ethiopians, Kush made a peace treaty with this powerful Mediterranean civ..
Who are the Romans?
500
The first Pharaoh of Egypt. Joins upper and lower Egypt and establishes capital at Memphis.
Who is Menes?
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