3.2 Life In Egypt

Question 1

a city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located; 30°N, 31°E

Answer 1

Giza

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Deir el-Medina

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Menes

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Mantho

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Khufu

Question 6

reigned c. 1489 B.C.- 1438 B.C. Queen of ancient Egypt who proclaimed herself pharaoh and ruled during the New Kingdom.

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

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