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Vocabulary
Geography and Ancient Egypt
The Old Kingdom
The Middle and New Kingdom
Egyptian Achievements
100
A series of rulers from the same family is?
What is Dynasty
100
What were the two regions that made up ancient Egypt?
What is Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
100
People from rich and powerful families.
What is a noble.
100
Define the New Kingdom.
What is a period of ancient Egyptian history from 1550–1050 B.C. (the time in which Egypt reached its height of its power and glory.)
100
What are Hieroglyphics?
What is the Egyptian writing system.
200
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth is?
What are mummies
200
What role did the Nile River play in supplying Egyptians with food?
What is - It played an essential role, it provided water for crops and animals.
200
Define Old Kingdom
What is a period in Egyptian history that lasted from 2700 BC to 2200 BC.
200
Define the Middle Kingdom
What is the period in the history of ancient Egypt of order and stability that lasted until 1750 BC.
200
What job employed the most people in ancient Egypt?
What is farming
300
The period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.
What is the New Kingdom
300
Who was the first Pharaoh of Egypt?
Who is Menes
300
What are huge stone tombs with four triangle shaped walls that meet in a point on top?
What is a pyramid
300
What is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes?
What is engineering
300
What did the Egyptians mean by Afterlife?
What is life after death
400
An imaginary creature with the body of a lion and head of other animals or humans.
What is a sphinxes
400
Why did Menes wear two crowns?
What is - to symbolize the unification between Upper and Lower Egypt.
400
What are two ways Egyptians decorated their temples?
What is (possible answers) columns, obelisks, paintings, hieroglyphics, and statues
400
Who was the female ruler of Egypt?
Who is Queen Hatshepsut
400
Why was finding the Rosetta Stone so important?
What is - it allowed scholars to decipher hieroglyphics.
500
Another word for traders?
What is merchants
500
What rights did Egyptian women have?
What is - the ability to own property, make contracts and divorce their husbands.
500
Why was the Pharaohs authority never questioned?
What is because the Egyptians thought of him as a god.
500
Which group of invaders did Ramses the Great defeat?
What is the Tehenu
500
Why was embalming important to the Egyptians?
What is because they believed if a body was allowed to decay the spirit would not be able to recognize it in the afterlife.