3.2 Life in Egypt

Question 1

a city in Egypt where the great pyramid is located 30 degrees north, 31 degrees east

Answer 1

Giza

Question 2

a village built for workers at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt

Answer 2

Dier el-Medina

Question 3

3150 B.C. legendary ancient Egyptian king who is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt

Answer 3

Menes

Question 4

300 B.C. Egyptian priest and advisor who began keeping records of the ancient kings

Answer 4

Manetho

Question 5

2600 B.C. Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid at Giza was built

Answer 5

Khufu

Question 6

reigned c. 1498 B.C. - 1483 B.C. Queen of ancient Egypt

Answer 6

Hatshepsut

Question 7

Egyptian ruler who changed his name from Amenhotep IV and called for the worship of one god, Aton

Answer 7

Akhenaten

Question 8

to unite, combine, or bring together

Answer 8

unify

Question 9

in ancient Egypt, a god-king

Answer 9

pharaoh

Question 10

a form of writing based on pictures that stood for objects, ideas, or sounds

Answer 10

hieroglyphics

Question 11

a large stone building to serve as a house for the dead

Answer 11

pyramid

Question 12

a preserved dead body

Answer 12

mummy

Question 13

the way people use and manage resources

Answer 13

economy

Question 14

a stone on which a passage was written in three languages: Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, and a form of Egyptian cursive writing

Answer 14

Rosetta Stone