🐪ANCIENT EGYPT🐪

Question 1

Where is Egypt located?

Answer 1

Northern Africa

Question 2

What is unique about the Nile River?

Answer 2

It’s the longest river in the world, it flows south to north

Question 3

What nickname was given to Egypt & why?

Answer 3

“The Gift of the Nile” Without the Nile, Egypt wouldn’t exist; It was a necessary part of ancient Egyptian life

Question 4

What geographical features protected Egypt against invaders?

Answer 4

The Sahara Desert and the Nile cataracts

Question 5

What did the Nile River provide for the Egyptians?

Answer 5

Water, Transportation, and food

Question 6

What sea is on the right of the Nile?

Answer 6

Red Sea

Question 7

What is a shadoof?

Answer 7

A tool used by farmers to water crops

Question 8

What is a delta?

Answer 8

A river that widens into a fan shape

Question 9

What did Joseph’s life demonstrate?

Answer 9

That God blesses those who honor him

Question 10

During which kingdom did Joseph live?

Answer 10

The Middle Kingdom

Question 11

What is a nilometer?

Answer 11

A tool used by Egyptians to measure the Nile’s water levels to determine taxes

Question 12

What were pyramids used for?

Answer 12

Tombs for the pharaohs to show their power and wealth

Question 12

What is a dynasty?

Answer 12

A line of kings or rulers who belong to the same family

Question 13

Who was the Great Pyramid built for?

Answer 13

Khufu

Question 14

What are hieroglyphics?

Answer 14

Eyptian writing or picture writing

Question 15

What is the Rosetta Stone?

Answer 15

A stone with hieroglyphics that was the key to unlocking the Egyptian language

Question 16

What did Jean-Francois Champollion do?

Answer 16

He was the first to translate a portion of the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone

Question 17

Define papyrus

Answer 17

Paper made from a plant stem that grew along the Nile

Question 18

What is a sarcophagus?

Answer 18

Stone coffin

Question 19

Define cartouche

Answer 19

Hieroglyphs of a name written inside an oval shape

Question 20

What group took power in Egypt following the Middle Kingdom?

Answer 20

Hyksos

Question 21

During which kingdom was Egypt at its greatest?

Answer 21

The New Kingdom

Question 22

Who was the first female Egyptian pharaoh?

Answer 22

Queen Hapshepsut

Question 24

What was Tutankhamen famous for?

Answer 24

His tomb

Question 25

Who was the greatest Egyptian warrior king?

Answer 25

Thutmose III

Question 26

What kind of a pharaoh was Ramses II?

Answer 26

Wise and good, kind to his subjects

Question 27

How could an Egyptian rise to a higher social class?

Answer 27

Gaining the Pharaoh’s favor

Question 28

What are three things Egyptians did daily?

Answer 28

-Cleanliness
-Wore wigs and makeup
-Ate bread, melons, cucumbers, etc.
-Men wore skirts, woman wore sleeveless dresses, children didn’t wear clothes until 4 or 5
-Wore necklaces with amulets
-Spent time preparing for death and the afterlife

Question 29

State 3 differences between Egyptian religion and biblical truth

Answer 29

1. The Egyptians believe in multiple gods while Christians believe in one true God
2. Egyptians believed that after death they would be judged according to their works, where the bible says that where a man spends eternity depends on his relationship with Jesus Christ
3. The Egyptians believed they could preserve their souls and provide for them in the afterlife
4. They believed Horus, the Sun god, created the Earth. Christians believe that Jesus created the Earth in six days