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Pharaohs Part II
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a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is Tutankhamun?
100
the form of transportation that the Egyptians used to sail down the Nile River during parades, ceremonies, or simply for transportation.
What is a barge?
100
This Pharaoh built the first step pyramid.
Who is King Djoser?
100
a mixture of floodwaters and soil deposited by a river
What is silt?
100
In order to preserve bodies for the afterlife the Ancient Egyptians performed what process?
What is mummification?
200
a pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200
This Pharaoh believed in one god, and made it a law that people could only worship the sun god, Aton.
Who is Akhenaton?
200
the mouth of a river where fertile flat land made of silt is left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water
What is a Delta?
200
Ancient Egyptian god Amon-Re was god of what?
What is the sun god and god of creation?
300
the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
300
the Egyptian's system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300
This Pharaoh fought the foreigners and reunited upper and lower Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
Who is Mentuhotep?
300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
This determined if a person went to the afterlife/underworld or if their heart was eaten by a three-animal monster.
What is the "weighing of the heart" ceremony?
400
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes or Narmer?
400
The type of hairstyle that children wore in ancient Egypt.
What is a sidelock?
400
Name 4 facts we should know about Ramses II in less than 2 minutes.
What are: 1. He fought against the Hittites and expanded the empire to Syria (Asia). 2. He had over 100 children. 3. He constructed (built) many monuments; his most famous was Abu Simbel. 4. He signed a peace treaty with the Hittites that began a 66 year period of peace in Egypt.
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
Where did Pharaohs began to be buried after they stopped using the pyramids? Why?
What is the Valley of the Kings because the tomb robbers stole everything from the pyramid tombs. They did not think that their souls could rest if the tombs were broken into by robbers.
500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
500
***After the Pharaoh, name the 5 other social classes of ancient Egypt!
What are the: 1. priests, nobles, government officials 2. scribes 3. craftsmen and merchants 4. farmers and laborers 5. slaves
500
List 4 of Hatshepsut's accomplishments and one reason why she was not respected by the priesthood.
What are: 1. She was a great builder; her most famous temple is Djeser-Djeseru. 2. She helped Egypt's economy! 3. She claimed to be the daughter of Amon, which gave her religious status and power. 4. She lead military campaigns; one of the most famous was to Nubia. She was not respected because she violated Ma'at, and she was a woman in the living embodiment of the male god Horus.
500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500
Ma'at is the goddess of:
What is truth, justice, order, and wisdom,?