6 History - Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Large ornament worn on a necklace thought to protect the wearer from evil spirts

Answer 1

Amulet

Question 2

Jars to keep a person’s organs in

Answer 2

Canopic Jars

Question 3

Oval shape containing hieroglyphics of a name inside

Answer 3

Cartouche

Question 4

Fan-shaped area of fertile land at the mouth of a river

Answer 4

Delta

Question 5

Line of kings or rulers from the same line of family

Answer 5

Dynasty

Question 6

System of writing with picture symbols

Answer 6

Hieroglyphics

Question 7

A dead body preserved from decaying

Answer 7

Mummy

Question 8

Device used to measure the Niles water levels

Answer 8

Nilometer

Question 9

Papers made from papyrus stems

Answer 9

Papyrus

Question 9

Ruler of Egypt

Answer 9

Pharaoh

Question 10

Large tomb constructed on a rectangular base

Answer 10

Pyramid

Question 11

Stone coffin

Answer 11

Sarcophagus

Question 12

Device made from a long pole with a bucket on one end and a weight on the other end

Answer 12

Shadoof

Question 13

Largest of 3 pyramids in the valley of Giza

Answer 13

Great Pyramid

Question 14

Ancient rock carved with hieroglyphics, Greek

Answer 14

Rosetta Stone

Question 15

A triangle-shaped diagram that shows social structure

Answer 15

Social Pyramid

Question 16

Script language developed by people of Egypt

Answer 16

Meroitic

Question 17

Man-made dam across the Nile River

Answer 17

Aswan High Dam

Question 18

Akenaton

Answer 18

Heretic. Paraoh during new kingdom who changed the way Egypt was ruled

Question 19

Jean-Francois Champollion

Answer 19

Egyptologion who translated the Rosetta Stone

Question 20

Queen Hatshepsut

Answer 20

First female ruler of Egypt. Ruled during New Kingdom times.

Question 21

Ramses II

Answer 21

One of the last pharaohs of Egypt. Called “Ramses the Great”.

Question 22

Thutmose III

Answer 22

Ruled Egypt after Queen Hatshepsut’s death. Greatest warrior king.

Question 23

Tutankhamen

Answer 23

Became Pharaoh at 9.
Died at 18-19.
Known for his tomb.

Question 24

Howard Carter

Answer 24

Archaeologist who discovered and cataloged Tutankhamen’s Tomb.

Discovered tob in 1922.

Question 25

Cleopatra

Answer 25

Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom from 51-30 BC.

Last active ruler.

Married Julius Caesar, her brother, and Mark Anthony.

Question 26

Explain what happened in the Hyksos invasion of Egypt. Include Pharaoh Ahmose.

Answer 26

Prince Ahmose led the invasion and liberation of Egypt and established the New Kingdom of Egypt. The Hykos were West Asian people who controlled lower Egypt during the second Intermediate Period. Ahmose led a military campaign and expelled the Hyksos from Egypt.