The Nile
Trade
Gods and Goddesses
Kings and Kingdoms
Factoids for the Brave!
100
This created rich farm land along the river banks.
What is silt from the Nile River?
100
These are two items that could be found in the bazaars of Egypt's towns.
What are cedar and gold?
100
Toth was the God of this. The ancient Egyptians believed that Thoth gave them the gift of hieroglyphics.
What is the god of writing and knowledge?
100
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule is called this.
What is a regent?
100
The Great Sphinx statue was completed in this year.
What is 2533 BC?
200
This Greek Historian epxlored Egypt in the 400s BC and wrote, "Egypt is the gift of the Nile."
Who is Herodotus?
200
This is a type of boomerang that Africans used for hunting.
What is a "throwstick"?
200
He was a god of the sky. He is probably most well-known as the protector of the ruler of Egypt.
Who is Horus?
200
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: Hatshepsut encouraged trade with faraway places and sent a famous expedition to Punt where Egyptian traders returned with special trees to make incense and these items. Punt. Incense.
What are ivory and leopard skins? What is the east coast of Africa? What is a substance burned for its fragrance?
200
Tutankhamun became pharoah in this kingdom.
What is The New Kingdom?
300
The distance of the Nile River is comparable to the distance between these two American states.
What is New York and Alaska?
300
Name the rock-filled rapids that affected Nubian trade.
What are cataracts? People could not travel through Nubia by river; instead, the Nubians developed trade routes over land.
300
The God of Chaos a) Seth b) Ra c) Osiris
Who is Seth?
300
This was an unusual power that Egyptians believed their kings had.
What is the ability to provide floods and the harvests that followed?
300
One of the keys to unlocking the secrets of ancient Egyptian writing. This was carved in 196 BC and discovered in 1799 by French soldiers.
What is the Rosetta Stone? This is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek). "A key to some previously undecipherable mystery."
400
The Nile floods left this behind and is the reason ancient Egyptians had a special name for their land.
What is "dark soil"? They called their land Kemet (the black land).
400
In present day Egypt, this is the name of their currency.
What is the Egyptian Pound?
400
The God of the Dead and the Ruler of the Underworld.
Who is Osiris?
400
This occurred toward the end of the New Kingdom.
What is civil war?
400
The official language of modern-day Egypt
What is Arabic?
500
Hapi
Who is "The God of the Nile"?
500
Ancient Egyptians used this to travel over land.
What are caravans?
500
The Ancient Egyptians believed the Geb's laughter created a) a) thunder and lightning b) floods c) earthquakes d) a party
What are earthquakes?
500
Egypt was conquered by this group of people
Who are the Romans?
500
The capital of Egypt.
What is Cairo?
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