Geography
Where were Ancient Egypt and Kush located?
Answer: Along the Nile River in Northeast Africa (Kush was south of Egypt in Nubia).
What type of religion did Ancient Egyptians mostly practice?
Answer: Polytheism.
What did Egyptians use irrigation for?
Answer: To grow a surplus of food.
What does the word “pharaoh” mean in Greek?
Answer: “Great house.”
Who is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer?
Answer: LeBron James.
What is a cataract on the Nile River?
Answer: A section with rapids and rocky terrain.
Who was the pharaoh Akhenaten, and what did he change?
Answer: He changed Egypt’s official religion to worship only Aten, the sun disk god.
What did Egyptians build to honor their pharaohs and gods?
Answer: Temples and pyramids.
What role did pharaohs play in religion?
Answer: They were seen as living gods who communicated with other gods.
Which player is known as “The Greek Freak”?
Answer: Giannis Antetokounmpo.
What is the “Black Land” and why was it important?
Answer: Fertile soil along the Nile, where Egyptians farmed.
What was ma’at?
Answer: The concept of truth, justice, harmony, and balance in the universe.
What system of writing did Egyptians use?
Answer: Hieroglyphics.
What two regions made up Ancient Egypt?
Answer: Upper Egypt (south) and Lower Egypt (north).
What team holds the record for most wins in a single regular season?
(Bonus 100 points for the year and how many games won)
Answer: Golden State Warriors (2015–16/73)
What natural barriers protected Ancient Egypt?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea (North), Cataracts (South), Eastern Desert & Red Sea (East), Western Desert (West).
Name three Egyptian gods.
Answer: Possible answers: Amun, Anubis, Bastet, Horus, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Thoth, Ma’at, Ptah.
What material did Egyptians write on?
Answer: Papyrus.
Who competed for power with the pharaohs in Egypt?
Answer: Priests.
Who is the only player to win NBA MVP, Finals MVP, and an Olympic Gold Medal in the same year?
Answer: Michael Jordan.
Why was the Nile Delta so important to Ancient Egyptians?
Answer: It had rich soil from silt deposits, making it excellent for agriculture.
Why did Egyptians preserve bodies as mummies?
Answer: To keep the body intact for the spirit in the afterlife.
What mathematical achievement helped them design pyramids?
Answer: Geometry.
What title did some Kushite leaders adopt after conquering Egypt?
Answer: Pharaoh.
What team won the very first NBA Championship in 1947?
(hint: this team has been relocated)
Answer: Philadelphia Warriors.