Ancient Egypt

Question 0

Papyrus

Answer 0

A thick paper-like material, produced from the papyrus plant

Used to make paper, baskets, sandals, boats

Question 1

Obelisk

Answer 1

A tall, four-sided, narrow, monument which ends in a pyramid shape at the top. Used to honor one person, and their achievements.

Question 2

Mummification

Answer 2

To make into a mummy by embalming & drying

Question 3

Canopic Jars

Answer 3

A covered urn used in Ancient Egyptian burials to hold entrails from a mummy

Question 4

Pyramid

Answer 4

A structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top

Question 5

Sphinx

Answer 5

An Ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion’s body & a human or animal head

Question 6

Rosetta Stone

Answer 6

Ancient Egyptian stone with writing on it. Gave first clues to deciphering hieroglyphics.

Question 7

Pharaoh

Answer 7

Political leader and a god
Son of Isis
Becomes Ra after he dies

Question 8

Theocracy

Answer 8

Monarch with political and religious power

Question 9

Three Kingdoms

Answer 9

Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdome
New Kingdom
Times of strong centralized power

Question 10

Intermediate Periods

Answer 10

Times of weak centralized power

Question 11

Queen can become Pharaoh when. . .

Answer 11

If her husband dies

Question 12

Imports

Answer 12

Iron, copper, silver, leopard skin, horses, cattle, spices, ivory

Question 13

Exports

Answer 13

Barley, wheat, papyrus paper, gold, wine

Question 14

Industry

Answer 14

craftspeople with small shops, potters, jewelers, miners (gems & metals), farmers, furniture makers, masons, metal workers, ship builders

Question 15

Farming

Answer 15

wheat, barley, grapes, melons, lettuces, onions, beans, figs, dates, sheep, cattle, pigs, geese, goats, donkeys

Question 16

Taxes

Answer 16

Tax assessors would measure silt deposits on each farm and estimate how much grain the farm would produce to determine how much would be paid in taxes

Question 17

500 BC

Answer 17

Egyptians start to use coins

Question 18

Social Structure (top to bottom)

Answer 18

Pharaoh - highest religious importance
Priests, Gov't Officials & Nobles
Warriors & Scribes
Tradesmen & Craftspeople
Farmers
Slaves & Servants

Question 19

Set

Answer 19

God of chaos and evil, Osiris’ brother, puts Osiris in a box and he drowns, later cuts him up into 14 pieces and throws pieces all over the world

Question 20

Osiris

Answer 20

God of the dead and fertility, Set’s brother, killed again by Set by cutting him into 14 pieces

Question 21

Horus

Answer 21

God of the sky, eyes are sun & moon, son of Osiris, overthrew Set to become king of Egypt.

Question 22

Religion

Answer 22

Polytheistic
Based in nature and agriculture
Many gods assisted the Egyptians - PROTECTION
Animal gods and goddesses

Question 23

Importance of Death

Answer 23

Names and achievements HAD to be written down or person would disappear after death
Pharaoh had to make journey through underworld after he died, or sun would not come up = end of world

Question 24

Delta

Answer 24

a landform at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean or sea

Question 25

Natural Barriers

Answer 25

Deserts on either side

Question 26

Isis

Answer 26

Woman with headdress in the shape of a throne
A pair of cow horns with a sun disk

Isis was a protective goddess

Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.

Question 27

Ma’at

Answer 27

Woman with a feather on her head
A feather

Ma’at was the goddess of truth, justice and harmony.
Associated with the balance of things on earth.

Ma’at was the daughter of the sun god Ra.

Question 28

Nut

Answer 28

Woman whose body arches across the sky, wearing a dress decorated with stars.

Sky-goddess

Nut was the sister/wife of Geb, the god of the earth.
Mother of Isis, Osiris, Nepthys and Seth.

The ancient Egyptians believed that at the end of the day, Nut swallowed the sun-god, Ra, and gave birth to him again the next morning.