This geographical feature brought life to Egypt and played a key role in the development of Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River?
100
This is the religion that Egyptians practiced (just like Mesopotamians).
What is polytheism?
100
This pharaoh rose to power in Upper, married a princess from Lower Egypt, and became the first pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is pharaoh Menes?
100
This is the most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. He is best known for the monuments that were built to honor him, including the great pyramid near Giza.
Who is Khufu?
200
What is the title used by the rulers of Egypt, means "great house"?
What is a pharaoh?
200
This is the continent on which Egypt is located.
What is Africa?
200
This is the belief that when people died they went to another world to live a life after death in a happy place.
What is afterlife?
200
This pharaoh had one of the longest reigns in Egyptian history. Some consider him to be the last "great" Egyptian pharaoh. He was a great warrior and a great builder.
Who is Ramses the Great?
200
This famous female pharaoh was the last pharaoh of Egypt. She committed suicide in Alexandria with her Roman lover, Mark Anthony, to avoid being taken prisoner for the death of Julius Caesar.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
300
This is the Egyptian writing system?
What are hieroglyphics?
300
This is what the southern region of Egypt was called.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
When a person died, his or her _____ left the body and became a spirit.
What is ka?
300
This pharaoh was only nine years old when he became a pharaoh and only eighteen when he died but he is the most recognizable pharaoh because of the discovery of his tomb in 1922, which was filled with treasures.
Who is King Tut?
300
This queen, whose name means “the beautiful woman has come,” was not an Egyptian pharaoh, but ruled alongside her husband, Akhenaton, King Tut’s father-in-law who ruled Egypt during the eighteenth dynasty. She is best known for her beauty.
Who is Nefertiti?
400
These are huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet in a point on top. They were used to bury pharaohs.
What is a pyramid?
400
These are the two bodies of water that helped to protect Egypt from invasions from the north and east sides.
What are the Mediterranean and Red Sea?
400
These are specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth. This was done to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
What are mummies?
400
This pharaoh married her half brother and when he died she dressed as a man and called herself king. She worked to increase Egyptian trade.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
400
This Aksum king used his army to destroy Meroe and take over Kush.
Who is King Ezana?
500
This is the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.
What is the New Kingdom?
500
This is the kingdom that was located south of Egypt in the interior of Africa. They traded with Egypt and fought with them as well.
What is Kush?
500
Name and identify one of the Egyptian gods.
What is Anubis, god of the dead?
What is Re, Amon Re (or Ra), the sun god?
What is Isis, goddess of magic?
What is Horus, sky god or god of the pharaohs?
500
This pharaoh was son of a Kushite king. He was a fierce warrior and military leader. He was also deeply religious, believing that the gods wanted him to rule over all of Egypt. He loved his horses so much that when he died, he was buried with eight of them.
Who is Pianki?
500
Historians believe that this pharaoh was the first woman to rule Kush. She ruled for about twenty years, from 170 BC to 150 BC.