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100

What year occurred first- 2500 BCE or 1000 BCE?

2500 BCE

100

What does the 'O' stand for in OMCRU?

Origin

100

Looking at Source 1, what is the origin of this source? 

Primary

100

Name 1 New Kingdom Pharaoh

Answers could be Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Thutmoses I-IV, Amenhotep's, Rameses', Cleopatra, Ahmose's

100

What was the paper material used by the Egyptians?

Papyrus

200

What happened first: The Pyramids of Giza or the reign of Tutankhamun?

Pyramids of Giza

200

What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

Primary: At the time of the event 

Secondary: After the time of the event

200

Looking at Source 1, what is the content about?

Religion and/or afterlife

200

What region is further north; Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt?

Lower Egypt

200

What was the Egyptian writing system?

Hieroglyphics

300

What happened later: New Kingdom or Middle Kingdom Egypt?

New Kingdom

300

What part of OMCRU considers what we can see/read in a source?

Content

300

Looking at Source 1, what is the motive?

To depict the pharaoh passing to the afterlife

300

What natural resource allowed Egyptian society to build and flourish in a desert environment?

the Nile River

300

What is the place that pharaohs go after death?

the Afterlife
400

If an event occurred in 496 CE, what year would it be 20 years after?

516 CE

400

When considering why a source was written, what part of OMCRU are we looking at?

Motive

400

If a question was asking about the role of Egyptian pharaohs in society, how useful would this source be?

Somewhat useful

400
In Egyptian society, what class sat just below the pharaoh?

Nobles and Viziers

400

I am a tall, pointy material made of marble and have writing and pictures painted on me. What am I?

An Obelisk

500

If an event occurred in 1323 BCE, what year would it be 20 years after?

1303 BCE

500

What is one thing we consider when looking at the reliability of a source?

1. Are there any other sources available? 

2. Does the source provide information on the topic being studied?

500

According to Source 1, who is the God on the far left?

Osiris (God of the Underworld)

500

Name 1 item that symbolised power for the Pharaoh

Crown, Headdress, Crook & flail, bull's tail, false beard

500

Represents the concepts of truth, justince, balance, order and harmony

Maat