Jeopardy Ancient Egypt

the pyramids

100

Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu. A unique example of early pyramid development in Egypt, this was the second pyramid built by Sneferu. What pyrimid is this?

Bent Pyramid

200

This pyrimid didn't use to be this colour, but a beautiful pure white of limestone of Tura, south of modern Cairo. All pyramids had a casing made of this white limestone, which was reused in medieval times. Which pyrimid is this?

Red pyrimid

300

A pyramid was not simply a grave in ancient Egypt. Its purpose was to facilitate a successful afterlife for the king so that he could be eternally reborn. What pyrimid

Pyramid of Djoser

400

This pyrmid is the oldest and largest of the pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.

Great Pyramid of Giza

500

This Pyramid, formerly known as the Great American Pyramid and the Pyramid Arena, is a building located in downtown Tennessee. An observatory at the top offers stunning views of This place downtown and the wide river. ... Opened in 1991, the Pyramid lost its luster when the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA and the University of Memphis Tigers basketball team left for the new FedExForum, located on Beale Street.

Memphis Pyramid

social pyramid

100

Who is at the top of the social pyrimid 

Pharaoh

200

at that bottom of the social pyrmid which comes first.. peasents or artisans 

artisans

300

almost on the top of the social pyrmid is goverment officals. Why is that? What makes them so impotant what do they do?

Government officials belonged to the highest class on Egypt's social pyramid, after the pharaoh. Their job was to assist the pharaoh in his or her role as supreme ruler of Egypt. Government officials were often members of the pharaoh's family or other upper-class families.

400

What would peasents have to do for a living?

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: slave, serf, and free tenant.

500

Are goverment officials in the upper class?

No. In the upper class, there were the priests, landowners, and government officials. They lived in the middle, or center of the city. Also, they lived in the most luxurious house that were two stories high, and had whitewashed mud walls. In the common class, there were merchants, craftsmen, farmers, and fishermen.

pharos

100

This pharaoh is, without doubt, the most universally famous pharaoh, not because of his achievements - as he died at 19 years-of-age - but simply because the historic discovery of his tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter, revealed vast unspoilt wealth – when most tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been plundered. What is this pharoah

Tutankhamun

200

This pharoah was the first queen to hold the important office of “God's Wife of Amun”, effectively establishing her as the joint head of the priesthood of Amun. What pharaoh is this?

Ahmose Nefertari

300

What was the prossece of when pharaoahs died?

After death, the pharaohs of Egypt usually were mummified and buried in elaborate tombs. Members of the nobility and officials also often received the same treatment, and occasionally, common people. However, the process was an expensive one, beyond the means of many.

400

What was a pharaohs job?

Maintaining religious harmony and participating in ceremonies were part of the pharaoh's role as head of the religion. As a statesman, the pharaoh made laws, waged war, collected taxes, and oversaw all the land in Egypt (which was owned by the pharaoh).

500

The Pharaohs wore a crown that had an image of the... what?

cobra goddess

everything else

100

What dynasty did Tutankhamun rule?

The Eighteenth Dynasty spanned the period from 1550/1549 to 1292 BC. This dynasty is also known as the Thutmosid Dynasty for the four pharaohs named Thutmose. Several of Egypt's most famous pharaohs were from the Eighteenth Dynasty, including Tutankhamun, whose tomb was found by Howard Carter in 1922.

200

in the daily life what did scribes do?

A scribe recorded in writing the everyday life and extraordinary happenings in ancient Egypt. Their jobs were varied and included: writing letters for fellow villagers who couldn't write. recording the amount of crops harvested.