This vocabulary term means "an Egyptian king or ruler".
Who is a Pharaoh?
100
This term, meaning "worships many gods", characterizes Ancient Egypt's religion.
What is polytheism?
100
This is the name of the written Egyptian language.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
This desert, located in northern Africa, is one of the largest deserts in the world. (Hint: it's not "The Eastern and Western Desert").
What is the Sahara Desert?
100
This rule means you bring all your supplies to class. For example, your text book, paper, folder/binder, several sharpened PENCILS (plural, meaning more than 1) and any homework assignments.
What is be prepared?
200
This vocabulary term means "a ruling family".
What is dynasty?
200
This goddess was the mother goddess of Egypt.
Who is Isis?
200
This is a special process of preserving a body after they've died. Ancient Egyptians believed they needed to preserve their body so they could have an afterlife.
What is mummification?
200
This river, which begins in Lake Tana in Ethiopia, is over 4,000 miles long and floods every July, giving Ancient Egyptians fertile soil for farming.
What is the Nile River?
200
This rule means you use a voice that is not loud, it's more like a whisper actually.
What is the "Six-Inch" Voice Rule?
300
This vocabulary term means " a system of offices and officials that handle the business of government."
What is bureaucracy?
300
This god was the god of the underworld or the god of the dead.
Who is Osiris?
300
This invention is very similar to paper, both in material and in name, it is made from reeds found along the Nile River and was more convenient than pressing letters into clay tablets, as the Ancient Mesopotamians had done.
What is papyrus?
300
This body of water separates Egypt from Asia, the name of this body of water has a "colorful" name.
What is the Red Sea?
300
This rule means that when the bell rings, you're working on your bell work.
What is being ready when the bell rings?
400
This vocabulary term means "a government whose power is lies in single area (whether physical or in terms of a branch of government) and to which local authorities are considered subjects."
What is centralized government?
400
This god is the son of Isis and Osiris, and since he united Egypt, every pharaoh is believed to be this god in human form.
Who is Horus?
400
This architectural feat is a four sided 3-D shape, used as tombs for Pharaohs of the Old Kingdom. The tallest is located at Giza (near Cairo) and stands 481 feet tall.
What are pyramids?
400
These two areas of Ancient Egypt, one represented by the white crown of the Pharaoh's double crown and the other represented by the red crown, were united around 3000 BCE by Narmer.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt?
400
This rule means that when there's an assignment to work on, whether it's bell work, your vocabulary notebook, or any in class assignment, you're working on that instead of goofing off.
What is staying on task?
500
This vocabulary term means "a tall, slim object that has a pointy top. Often having hieroglyphics written on it, usually built in pairs and near temples or tombs. Meant to represent the Sun God Ra. The Washington Monument is an example of this."
What is an obelisk?
500
This Egyptian Pharaoh created a new monotheistic religion called "The Cult of Aton".
Who is Akenaton?
500
This is the name of the tallest pyramid in Ancient Egypt.
What is the Pyramid of Khufu?
500
These two "colorful" lands, one named because of the hot desert and the other because of the fertile soil, provide many of the resources Ancient Egyptians needed to grow their civilization.
What is the Red Lands and the Black Lands?
500
This rule is designed to keep you at your table, unless of course, you have permission to be up and out of your seat.