Landmarks
Mummies
Modern Egypt
The Pyramids
Language
100
What is the name of the massive river running through Egypt?
The Nile River
100
Why did Ancient Egyptians mummify important individuals?
The Ancient Egyptians believed that they entered a second life in the afterlife, and had to preserve their bodies to use.
100
True or False?
Modern Egypt is mostly empty desert.
False.
100
How many great pyramids are there in the Giza Necropolis?
There are 3 great pyramids, along with several smaller pyramids.
100
What does the Egyptian slang "Yalla" mean?
It means "let's go" or "hurry up"
200
What is the name of this famous statue?
The Great Sphinx of Giza.
200
What animal was commonly mummified along with people?
Cats.
200
What is the capital of Egypt?
(hint: the answer is not "E")
Cairo.
200
What stone coated the outside for the Great Pyramids of Giza?
Bright limestone, so that they would gleam in the sun and moonlight.
200
What are Hieroglyphics?
A form of Ancient Egyptian writing.
300
What is the name of the tourist attraction in the middle of Cairo?
(hint: you can see the pyramids from the top of it)
Cairo Tower
300
How were the first mummies mummified?
They were naturally mummified in the desert.
300
What sea does the Nile River flow into?
The Mediterranean Sea.
300
What is the leading theory on how the Ancient Egyptians moved the stone blocks to the construction site of the Pyramids?
They would put the block on a sleigh and wet the sand underneath to make it easier pull it along.
300
True or False, Hieroglyphs only ever represent full words.
False, they can also represent sounds to construct other words.
400
How did the ancient Egyptians get good soil for farming?
By the Nile River flooding its banks and leaving wet soil behind.
400
How were mummies dried out during the mummification process?
It was covered with a salt like chemical called natron the dried out the body.
400
Fill in the blank:
The Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area is the ____ largest metro area in the world.
It is the 6th largest metro area in the world, with a population almost 7 times that of San Diego's metro area.
400
What was the name of the smaller step pyramids that pharaohs and other important members of Ancient Egyptians society were buried in?
Mastabas.
400
What was the artifact that led to historians and archaeologists deciphering Hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone.
500
What famous Greek library was located in Egypt, popularly though to have been burnt down in 26 BC?
The Library of Alexandria.
500
How long did the dehydration process in mummification take?
It took 40 days!
500
What is the nickname for the city of Cairo?
The City of a Thousand Minarets
500
What was the name of the Pharaoh that was buried in the Great Pyramids of Giza?
Pharaoh Khufu.
500
What is the language most commonly spoken in Modern Egypt?
Arabic.