The river that Egyptians relied on for protection, agriculture and travel.
What is the Nile?
100
An Egyptian ruler was called this.
What is a pharaoh?
100
This was used by the ancient Egyptians to record their writing.
What is papyrus?
100
The Egyptian economy was based mostly on this.
What is agriculture?
100
What were the two main ways that the body was prepared for mummification?
What is preserving the body with resin and wrapping it in linen cloth? The body was also emptied of all organs except the heart, and the organs were stored in jars.
200
Ramses II moved the capital to this place.
What is the Nile Delta?
200
This is the word that describes when a family rules for generations.
What is a dynasty?
200
Pharaoh Amenhotep IV had his name removed from monuments because of this during this time period.
Who is the ruler that believed in only one god during the new kingdom?
200
They Egyptians had no coins or money because they used this system.
What is a barter system?
200
These are two advances in astronomy.
What is the 12 month calendar and identifying 5 planets.
300
These are advances that the Egyptians used due to the Nile and its source of water for farming.
What are canals for irrigation?
300
This is the army/people that defeated the Egyptians during the middle kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
300
Scribes started school at this age to learn this type of writing.
What is age 10 to learn hieroglyphics?
300
These were the two main products of Egypt.
What are barley and emmer (a type of wheat)?
300
This was a way to better farm using the Nile that the ancient Egyptians used.
What is irrigation using canals?
400
These were the two gods of the Nile. One was the god of floods, and the other was the god of the Nile.
What are Hapi and Khnemu?
400
These are the three kingdoms names and time periods.
1 - Old Kingdom 3100-2200 BCE
2 - Middle Kingdom 2100 - 1700 BCE
3 - New Kingdom 1500-1000 BCE
400
Pyramids were used for this in ancient Egypt for these people.
What is a tomb for Pharaohs?
400
Who was the first female ruler, and what was she famous for?
Who is Hatshepset who was most famous for a peaceful Egypt that grew rich from trade. She was also famous for her temple and claiming she was the daughter of a god.
400
These are four medical advances made by the ancient Egyptians.
What is checking a pulse, setting broken bones, brain surgery, filling cavities in teeth, sewing wounds, and creating early antibiotics (moldy bread).
500
These are the flood stages of the Nile.
1 - Heavy rains in summer from the highlands.
2 - Rains make the Nile swell then flood.
3 - The Nile carries off rich topsoil.
4 - Farmers have to determine land ownership after rains/flooding.
500
Pharaoh Ahmose I used the technology of the hyksos to defeat them and take back Egypt. This began which kingdom?
What is the new kingdom?
500
The three main Egyptian crafts were these.
What is metalwork, glass making, and pottery.
500
These are three of the ways the ancient Egyptians were taxed
1. Work during the flood season on government buildings.
2. Pharaoh took a portion of crops (food).
3. Pharaoh took a portion of goods (leather, baskets, linen cloth).
500
These are five mathematical advances.
What is addition, subtraction, division, geometry, base 10 system, and fractions.