Famous faces
Cleopatra is famous for three things:
A. strategic alliances, intelligence and speaking different languages
B. hair styles, glamorous parties and exciting voyages on the Mediterranean Sea
C. building pyramids, harvesting grapes, creating new recipes for feasts to celebrate Egyptian pharaohs
A. strategic alliances, intelligence and speaking different languages
Egyptians revolutionised warfare with chariots that could carry how many men?
two (one horseman and one archer)
Ancient Egyptian frescoes depicted chariots that had wheels with how many spokes?
6
The Egyptians were very keen on personal hygiene. This was expressed in their love of:
A. fleas and mice
B. potatoes and snow peas
C. make up and tooth paste
D. visits to the beach and BBQs
C. make up and tooth paste
A country just to the south of Ancient Egypt is S____________.
Sudan
True or false: Cleopatra was born in Egypt.
False. She was born in Greece.
What natural resource did Ancient Egyptians lack that forced them to trade with their neighbours?
timber
When Egyptians painted frescos with bright colours, they were expressing
A. wealth and status
B. fear of death and pestilence
C. love of god and religion
D. desire for bounty with the next harvest
A. wealth and status
The primary ingredient of Ancient Egyptian toothpaste was:
A. oyster pearls
B. seaweed stems
C. crabs claws
D. egg shells
D. egg shells
What two countries are to the east of Egypt?
Gaza Strip and Israel
In what decade did Howard Carter discover Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings?
1920s
The Egyptians kept their arrow safely guarded next to the chariot in a pouch known as a _____________
A. quaver
B. equaver
C. equivor
D. quiver
D. quiver
Who wore make up in Ancient Egypt?
A. women
B. men
C. men and women
D. no one
C. men and women
What did Ancient Egyptians use to make toothbrushes?
twigs
What country beginning with L borders Egypt to the west?
Libya
A. surviving the bite of a deadly snake (an asp)
B. his extraordinarily long reign (66 years)
C. killing Julius Caesar
B. his extraordinarily long reign (66 years)
Ancient Egyptian chariots were designed to be led by how many horses:
A. one or two
B. two or three
C. three or four
A. one or two
What natural product did Ancient Egyptians apply to their faces to make their cheeks blush?
red ochre (mixed with water)
How many spokes on the wheel of an Ancient Egyptian chariot?
six
What is the large country on the eastern shore of the Red Sea (to Egypt's east)? S___________ A________.
Saudi Arabia
Cleopatra was famous for her strategic allegiances with which two Roman generals: August and Julius _________________
Caesar
Turkey
Despite being carved into statues as slim and athletic, royal mummies and records show that they were often obese. Identify two things that were they consuming that caused this?
beer, wine, honey, bread
Name two ingredients in Ancient Egyptian toothpaste.
ox hoof powder, burnt eggshells, ashes, pumice
Which country to the north of Egypt (on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea) is partly in Europe and partly in Asia?
Turkey