Geography/Mesopotamia
Does the Nile flow south-to-north or north-to-south?
South-to-North
Who is my favorite basketball team?
Memphis Grizzlies
What Kingdom did Kush come from?
Nubia
Who united the two kingdoms of Egypt and wore the double crown?
Menes or Narmer or Early Dynastic Period
What is a pyramid used for?
To store the body and artifacts of the pharaoh
The continent that Egypt is located on
Africa
Egypt's government was known as a _____________.
Theocracy
Name two goods that Nubia was known for?
Gold, Ivory
This Kingdom was weakened by civil war before being defeated by the Hyksos.
Middle Kingdom
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Explained Egyptian hieroglyphics by using the greek alphabet
What are the three bodies of water in or around Egypt?
The Nile, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean
Egyptians developed _______ to preserve the bodies from decaying in the afterlife.
Embalming
What is the name of the King of Kush that moved the capital to Napata & Memphis?
King Shabaka
Axum grew strong and invaded this kingdom in AD 350
New Kingdom
How were the Kushites different from the Egyptians when it comes to what they made?
Iron
Which of the following is not an accurate description of the Nile River Valley?
A) Isolated B) Rough cataracts C) Marshy Delta D) Mountainous
D)
Government official who carries out the laws, also known as "the enforcer"
Bureaucrat
Where did the Kushites move their kingdom after the Assyrian invasion?
Meroe
King Tut was a ruler during this kingdom
New Kingdom
Name to contributions the Egyptian people invented or perfected?
Calendar, irrigation,
Was Kush located in Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt?
Upper Egypt
Work that is done by people by hand aka hard work
Manual Labor
How are Egypt and Nubia connected?
They were both along the fertile river valley and they traded goods that the other empire didn't have
During this kingdom Amenhotep tries to change Egypt's religion to worship Aton. (Monotheistic)
Middle Kingdom
How do historians and archeologists used the insides of pyramids and temples to tell about ancient Egyptian life. (2 possible answers)
They use the insides of pyramids that contain artifacts which represent the pharaoh's life as well as paintings and hieroglyphs that line the walls and tell us about the pharaoh's life.