Ancient Egypt

Geography

100

Egypt is located on which continent?

Africa

200

What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?

The Nile River

300

What happened to the river every year?

It flooded

400

Egypt was divided into two parts. What were those parts called?

Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt

500

Which direction does the Nile River flow?

North

Life in Ancient Egypt

100

True or False: Women had equal (or almost equal) rights as men in Ancient Egypt?

True

200

Who was at the very top of the social pyramid in Ancient Egypt?

The Pharaoh

300

Who made up the lowest (and largest) class of people in Ancient Egypt?

Peasants/Farmers

400

Where did the Ancient Egyptians go to trade and sell things?

The marketplace

500

In Ancient Egypt, ______ were the people who wrote things down?

Scribes

Religion

100

The Ancient Egyptians believed in:

a). One God

b). Many Gods

b). Many Gods

200

The Ancient Egyptians used ______ to dry out a body during mummification.

Natron Salt

300

It took ______ days to completely finish the mummification process.

70

400

What did the Ancient Egyptians place in canopic jars during mummification?

Organs (liver, lungs, stomach, intestines).

500

______ was the God of the afterlife.

Osiris

People

100

What did they find in King Tut's tomb?

Treasures

200

Which Egyptian Pharaoh was referred to as "he" even though she was a woman?

a). Hatshepsut

b). Nefertiti

c). Cleopatra

a). Hatshepsut

300

Around how old was King Tut when he became Pharaoh?

a). 8 or 9

b). 18 or 19

c). 28 or 29

a). 8 or 9

400

This Pharaoh worked with powerful Romans to help keep her throne and to help Egypt from getting taken over by Rome.

a). Hatshepsut

b). Nefertiti

c). Cleopatra

c). Cleopatra

500

No one knows exactly what happened to ______ at the end of her life.

a). Hatshepsut

b). Nefertiti

c). Cleopatra

b). Nefertiti

Random

100

True or False? We know exactly how the Great Pyramids of Giza were built.

False. It is still a mystery exactly how these great structures were built.

200

What was the name of the plant used to make paper in Ancient Egypt?

Papyrus

300

_____ was the writing form of the Ancient Egyptians?

Hieroglyphics

400

The Ancient Egyptians discovered that there were _____ days in a year.

365

500

The tallest of three Pyramids of Giza is:

a). The Pyramid of Menkaure

b). The Pyramid of Khafre

c). The Pyramid of Khufu

c). The Pyramid of Khufu