Vocabulary
Gods
Writing and Building
Tomb Raiders
Geography
Pharaohs
Meaning of the Hieroglyphics
100
These water rapids made it hard to navigate and transport goods on the Nile.
What are cataracts?
100
He was the sun god.
Who was Amon-Re or Re
100
This is the Egyptian writing system.
What is heiroglyphics?
100
He discovered King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922.
Who is Howard Carter?
100
The two main territories of Egypt that were unified under Menes.
What are upper and lower Egypt?
100
He is considered Egypt's 1st pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
100
This was the name given to the rock that helped humanity decipher hieroglyphs. It is the most visited object in the British Museum.
What was the Rosetta Stone?
200
This is the process that a dead Pharaoh was put through that preserved the body for mummification.
What is embalming?
200
She was the moon and magic goddess.
Who is Isis?
200
These writers of ancient Egyptian were so respected that they didn’t have to pay taxes.
What are scribes?
200
This is why Tombs were sealed off.
What is to prevent tomb theft by raiders?
200
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
200
He was the most famous Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom.
Who was Khufu?
200
He is credited with decoding the Rosetta Stone.
Who is Jean Champollion?
300
This is the mythical creature with the head of a human and body of a lion.
What is a sphynx?
300
He was the Egyptian god of wisdom.
Who is Thoth?
300
This is the plant based paper ancient Egyptians wrote on.
What is papyrus?
300
This is the process of preserving a body for the after life in Anc. E
What is mummification?
300
This was the capital city of Ancient Egypt for a long time.
What is Memphis?
300
This pharaoh is best remembered for being a great warrior & builder.
Who was Ramses the Great?
300
These are the two countries that fought over who got to keep the Rosetta Stone? (Hint: neither country was Egypt!)
What are France and Great Britain (England or UK ok too)?
400
These are people of wealth and power. It starts with an "e".
What are the elite?
400
He was the god of the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
400
This was the key to the decoding of the ancient Egyptian language.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
400
A temples spirit is known by this 2 letter word.
What is KA?
400
This body of water separates Europe from Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
He drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom.
Who was Ahmose of Thebes?
400
These are the 3 languages the Rosetta Stone was written in.
What are Ancient Egyptian, Egyptian Demotic Script, and Ancient Greek?
500
This is a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
500
These people at the top of the Egyptain Social Hierarchy were also considered gods.
Who are pharoahs
?
500
Egyptians' knowledge of these building and construction principles helped them to build the pyramids.
What is engineering?
500
Tombs were filled with art jewelry and other treasures because of ancient Egyptians belief in this.
What is the Afterlife?
500
This is a triangle shape of land at the base of a river.
What is a delta?
500
She dressed as a man and is known for exampanding trade and for her support of arts & architecture.
Who was Hapshepsut?
500
This is how the Rosetta Stone came by it's name.
What is the name of the city where the stone was found?
600
The city to the south that eventually invades Egypt.
What is Kush?
600
This god became the mummification processer.
Who was Anubis?
600
These are 4 sided figures with a needle or point at the top.
What is an obelisk?
600
The size and shape of the pyramids showed this about the pharaoh buried inside.
What is how important that pharaoh was ?
600
This is the peninsula that sits directly east of the Red Sea.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
600
He is said to have worn a double crown b/c he united Upper & Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
600
This is the term we use to mean the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society
What is cultural appropriation?