Geography and Society
Pharaohs
Architecture
Kush
Wild Card
100

Ancient Egyptians used the flooding of this river to bring nutrients to their crops.

What is the Nile River?

100

Famous female pharaoh who built the Deir el-Bahri and Valley of the Kings.

Who is Hatshepsut?

100

This 3-D shape is a strong indicator of Egyptian architecture.

What is a pyramid?

100

After Kush conquered and ruled Egypt in 745 B.C., this Mesopotamian power defeated the Kushites in 665 B.C. and forced them back to their homeland.

Who are the Assyrians?

100

This paper-like material was used by Ancient Egyptians and Kushites for writing.

What is papyrus?

200

The existence of these in Ancient Kush made it impossible to use water transportation.

What are cataracts?

200

Pharaoh who built the first of the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Who is Khufu?

200

This written language of symbols is etched into stone walls and columns.

What are hieroglyphics?

200

Similar to Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Kushites also constructed these geometric buildings but with a steeper angle.

What are pyramids?

200

This person in the bureaucracy of Ancient Egypt served as the top advisor to the pharaoh.

What is a vizier?

300

Ancient Egypt is divided into these three kingdom periods.

What are the old, middle, and new kingdoms?

300

Controversial pharaoh who attempted to change Egypt from a polytheistic society to a monotheistic society.

Who is Akhenaten?

300

These tall walls were often symmetrical and had a gate in the middle, statues in front of them, and flagpoles.

What are pylons?

300

Due to its location south of Egypt, the Ancient Kushites had better trading relations with these people.

Who are Africans?

300

This temple complex in the Ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes was the most important political and religious location in Ancient Egypt.

What is the Karnak Temple?

400

The Ancient Egyptians developed this type of calendar that used 365 days.

What is a solar calendar?

400

Young pharaoh who restored the priesthood after Akhenaten.

Who is Tutankhamen?

400

These tall monuments usually marked a special temple and had hieroglyphics describing historical moments or cultural values.

What are obelisks?
400

After Egypt destroyed the Kushite capital of Napata in 591 B.C. the Kushites moved their capital to this city that became an iron making center.

What is Meroe?

400

This term refers to two communities depending on each other for resources thorugh trade.

What is interdependence?

500

The Ancient Egyptians studied astronomy including looking for this specific star to predict the flooding of the Nile.

What is Sirius?

500

New Kingdom pharaoh who built many great monuments, signed a peace treaty with the Hittites, and is presumed to be the same pharaoh as in the Book of Exodus.

Who is Ramses II?

500

These two materials were often used in the constructions of Egyptian temples.

What are baked mud bricks and stone?

500

Although the Kushites used hieroglyphics for writing, they also used this alphabet for keeping records.

What is the Meroitic Script?

500

Ancient Egyptians were involved in learning about this topic about the different parts of the human body.

What is anatomy?