A pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched and undamaged until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is King Tutankhamun?
100
The name of the cloth used by Egyptians in ceremonies, such as mummification.
What is Linen?
100
The group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
100
A mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt making the land fertile.
What is silt?
100
Pharaoh Thutmose convinced people he would be Pharaoh if he cleared the sand off of this:
What is the Sphinx?
200
The first female Pharaoh, known for ruling in place of her Nephew and fighting for same respect as male Pharaohs.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
200
A reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the slaves?
200
The area or kingdom in Egypt when it was split in half that is closer to the Mediterranean
What is Lower Egypt?
200
The names of Horus's parents
What is Osiris and Isis?
300
The pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
300
A system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300
The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the farmers?
300
The southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
The names of the 3 languages on the Rosetta Stone that let modern people learn how to speak Egyptian.
What are Demotic Script, Hieroglyphics, and Greek? (Half points for just 2)
400
The pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt, ending the fighting and becoming the first Pharaoh.
Who is King Menes?
400
A job that required boys to go to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten. Known for being very difficult but giving a good position in the Social Hierarchy.
Who are Scribes?
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials? (Priests also acceptable).
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
The woman who ruled in place of her nephew after all the male heirs to the throne died?
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
500
The name of the stone beast built by Khafre, son of Khufu - who guards the pyramids at Giza
What is the Great Sphinx?
500
Name the 3 remaining non-slave groups who work under the Pharaohs, Government Officials, and Scribes,
What are the soldiers, merchants, and artisans?
(250 points for 2 correct)
500
The name of the Sea near Egypt that is NOT the Mediterranean.
What is the Red Sea?
500
Queen Cleopatra, known for dating Greek rulers and attempting to rebuild Egyptian Civilization after years of being conquered, was finally conquered herself by this huge future empire: