Key Events
People and gods
True/False
Cultural Advancements
Technological Advancements
and Agriculture
and Agriculture
100
What kinds of things did the Egyptians bring as trade from countries around them like from Africa and Western Asia, and Europe?
Grain, gold, copper, and exotic animals
100
Who was the god of the afterlife?
Osiris
100
The pharaohs in the last dynasty of the Middle Kingdom lived a long time.
False. They didn't last long.
100
What did Egyptians use to weave cloth?
looms
100
The Middle Kingdom is known as the _______ Age.
Bronze Age
200
The Middle Kingdom was the Golden Age of ______?
Architecture
200
Who was the god of chaos?
Seth
200
The family of leaders that came to control in the Middle Kingdom were weak.
False. They were strong leaders that brought order to chaos.
200
This picture is an example of what kind of skill?
Metalworking
200
How would more crops help the Egyptians in their defense against invaders?
More crops meant Egypt could feed a larger army, and this gave the pharaoh a chance to further expand the empire any time he wanted.
300
Who invaded Egypt and brought the Middle Kingdom to an end?
The Hyksos - the outsiders
300
What was Queen Sobeknefru famous for?
She was one of the only female pharaohs. She was respected just like a male pharaoh.
300
Mentuhotep's family is the family credited to starting the Middle Kingdom.
True
300
How did the writing change and improve from Old Egyptian to New Egyptian writing?
It was language that let them express their thoughts in more exciting and detailed ways.
300
Egypt is responsible for inventing which technology?
Hint: Students use it every day.
paper
400
What is the name of the greatest feat of architecture from the Middle Kingdom, a kind of temple?
An extra 400 points if you can describe what it looks like.
Temple of Mentuhotep
It's built into a cliff, and looks like a giant staircase leading up to the sky.
400
Which king set to ending the chaos after the Old Kingdom came crashing down? He united Egypt and drove out the enemy forces.
Mentuhotep II
400
There are many written records of Queen Sobeknefru's reign.
False. There are few.
400
What was the name of a book that scribes wrote for entertainment?
The video mentioned its name.
The Book of the Dead
400
Tell me about the shadoof. What is its purpose?
It was an irrigation device that lifted water from the Nile and transferred it to the canals in the fields.
500
What was it that caused the crash/failure of the Middle Kingdom?
Invaders took over Lower Egypt and crowned themselves king.
500
What was the launch pad of a huge religious festival that carried a huge statue of the god Amun, and a parade all the way to another temple.
Temple of Amun
500
After the crash of the Middle Kingdom, Egyptians were never able to reclaim the throne.
False. They regained control when warrior kings defeated the enemies.
500
There were three different types of writing: hieroglyphics. hieratic. demotic
Which one was a quicker, easier version of the pictures and sounds, think of abbreviations like LOL instead of laugh out loud, used for everyday writing?
Which one was pictures representing sounds and words, used for important stuff like religious rituals and government documents?
Which was the super speedy script used for things like business, and legal papers and letters?.
hieratic: which one was a quicker, easier version of the pictures and sounds, think of abbreviations like LOL instead of laugh out loud, used for everyday writing.
Hieroglyphics: Which one was pictures representing sounds and words, used for important stuff like religious rituals and government documents.
Demotic: Which was the super speedy script used for things like business, and legal papers and letters.
500
Tell me about papyrus.
It was used for everything that paper today is used for.