Ancient Egypt Jeopardy

The Nile River

100

What direction does the Nile River flow in?

North

200

Because the Egyptians could not survive without the Nile River, Egypt became known as what?

"The Gift of the Nile"

300

Tracking the Nile's yearly pattern helped the Egyptians create?

a calendar

400

What are two of the benefits the Egyptians had living next to the Nile River? 

-Fresh water

-Transportation

-water for bathing

-means to trade goods

500

The Nile is over ______ miles long?

a. 1000

b. 2000

c. 3000

d. 4000

d. 4000

Pyramids

100

Who designed the first pyramids?

Menes

King Tut

Imahotep

Imahotep

200

True or False: Pyramids were tombs to the Pharaoahs

True

300

Where was King Tut's tomb found?

The Pyramids of Giza

The Valley of the Kings

Mesopotamia

The Valley of the Kings

400

Name three things besides bodies that were buried with the rulers of Egypt?

Furniture

Pets

Jewels

Swords

Gold Statues

500

Simple machines are considered modern day pyramids. Name four simple machines.

Lever

Inclined Plane

Wedge

Screw

Wheel & axle

pulley

Life in Egypt

100

Ancient Egypt lay in northeastern_______?

Africa

Australia

Alabama

Ohio

Africa

200

The Ancient Egyptian Civilization lasted over _____ years?

50

800

3000

7000 

3000

300

Egyptians wrote on the first form of paper called?

papyrus

400

Describe the climate and land of ancient Egypt?

cold

wet

cold and wet

hot and dry

hot and dry

500

______is the world's largest desert. Egypt is within this desert.

Mojave

Gobi

Sahara

Kalahari

Sahara

Pharaohs

100

What was a pharaoh in ancient Egypt?

a capital city

a ruler

a slave 

a trade center

a ruler

200

When it comes to social class, who was right below the pharaohs?

priests or scribes

300

King Tut was roughly what age when he came to power after the death of his father?

5

10

18

30

10

400

King Tut's tomb was found in what year?

1870

1900

1922

1950

1922

500

What pharaoh built the Great Pyramid?

Pharaoh Khufu

The Afterlife

100

True or False: Ancient Egyptians believed that there was a life after death called the afterlife?

True

200

True or False: If a person was good, their heart was heavier than the "Feather of Truth?"

False: Their heart would be lighter.

300

What did a dead person have to swear before entering the afterlife?

They made mistakes in life.

They had a good life.

They were evil.

They killed nobody or committed no evil.

They killed nobody or committed no evil

400

Who had the head of a crocodile and body of a hippo and lion?

King Tut

Ammit

Alexander the Great

Ammit

500

The Afterlife was a _________ where people would live forever without sickness or death?

Field of Reeds