Show:
Really Old Folks
Where is that again?
You worshiped cats?!
Wow! That's Old...
Potpourri
100
" I killed myself by sticking my hand into a basket of venomous snakes!" Who am I?
Cleopatra VII
100
What body of water is located directly north of the country of Egypt?
The Mediterranean Sea
100
Which goddess was the goddess of cats?
Bastet
100
What tool was used to get water from the river into irrigation canals?
A shaduf
100
Paper was made from this material
Papyrus
200
" I am the boy king! My tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922." Who am I?
King Tutankhamun
200
What body of water runs from the south to the north, depositing into the Mediterranean Sea?
The Nile River
200
The process of making a mummy was called ___________?
Embalming
200
The Great Pyramid at Giza was a tomb made for which king?
Khufu
200
Another name for a god or goddess is _____________.
Deities
300
" I united Upper and Lower Egypt. I'm the first TRUE king of Egypt!" Who am I?
King Menes
300
What is the present day capital of Egypt?
Cairo
300
" I am the god of the sky! Having a falcon head isn't so bad, I mean, have you seen my wife, Hathor? What a babe!" Who am I?
Horus
300
The sphinx, which is part lion, part man bore the face of which pharaoh?
Khafra
300
A nation that rules itself and others is called a/an
Empire
400
"Yeah, I dressed like man! I had to do what I had to do to be the first female pharaoh!" Who am I?
Hatshepsut
400
What was the capital of ancient Egypt?
Memphis
400
What was the purpose of an amulet?
To protect the wearer from evil spirits.
400
____________ had hieroglyphs, demotic writing, and ancient Greek writing on it, and allowed Egyptologists to read hieroglyphs for the first time.
The Rosetta Stone
400
The fertile, flat land made of silt left behind when the Nile River drained into the Mediterranean Sea was called a ___________.
Delta
500
"Being Great isn't easy! With 100 children and dealing with the Hittite problem, being pharaoh isn't for the faint at heart." Who am I?
Ramses II
500
Upper Egypt was in the ___________ and Lower Egypt was in the ___________.
South and North
500
What 4 organs were placed into canopic jars?
The liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach.
500
The first type of pyramid made by the Egyptians was a called a _________________.
Ziggurat
500
Hieroglyphs with an oval and a line around it to indicate a pharaoh's name was called a ____________.
Cartouche