Ancient Egypt

Question 1

cataracts

Answer 1

human made river that leads into the ocean

Question 2

Delta

Answer 2

A delta is an area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water.

Question 3

Ka

Answer 3

life force

Question 4

Mummies

Answer 4

specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth

Question 5

Other dead

Answer 5

buried far away in sand in hot temperatures

Question 6

after life

Answer 6

life after death

Question 7

Hierarchy

Answer 7

meaning each person belonged to different social classes and had a different rank in soceity.

Question 8

hieroglyphs

Answer 8

drawings of picture and symbols that represent letters.

Question 9

Demotic script

Answer 9

cursive form of hieroglyphs

Question 10

Rosetta stone

Answer 10

Big rock with three languages on it

Question 11

Scribes

Answer 11

professional writers

Question 12

papyrus

Answer 12

material made from reeds that grew along the nile

Question 13

Memphis

Answer 13

first dam was built there

Question 14

Menes

Answer 14

ruler who united Egypt. His reign was ended when he was brutally mauled by a hippo.

Question 15

canals

Answer 15

man made rivers that facilitated trade and travel

Question 16

Mastaba

Answer 16

mud brick tomb

Question 17

DJoser

Answer 17

first pharoh to be worshipped as a god. first one to have a stone tomb

Question 18

Imhotep

Answer 18

djoser second hand man, architect, treasurer, high preist, vizier, designed the first pyramids.

Question 19

DJoser pyramid

Answer 19

200ft tall, made of giant steps, maze of chambers beneath, packed with items.

Question 20

Great (Khufu’s) pyramid

Answer 20

made of 2.3 million half a ton blocks. so big people thought Khufu was a cruel tyrant. all symmetrical sides.481 feet high.

Question 21

Old kingdom

Answer 21

Egypt’s first great period of unity and prosperity.

Question 22

Middle kingdom

Answer 22

Egypt’s second period of peace and prosperity

Question 23

Hyskos

Answer 23

They were rulers of foreign lands who came to live in Egypt and rose to power in lower Egypt. They ruled for probably about 100 years. Eventually king Ahmose rebelled and using the Hyksos own weapons kicked them out.

Question 24

Ahmose

Answer 24

pharoh. rebelled against hyskos and kicked them out with their own weapons.

Question 25

Hatshepsut

Answer 25

first female pharoh. pretended to be male and called herself a king.

Question 26

Thutmose

Answer 26

destroyed all of his stepmoms (Hathsheput) records. liked plants and libraires.

Question 27

Akhenaton

Answer 27

converted religion to monotheism. worshipped the sun god aton.

Question 28

Ramses 2

Answer 28

considered the last great pharoh. known for the monuments he built. army captain at age ten.

Question 29

Monotheism

Answer 29

Worshipping one god.

Question 30

Frontalism

Answer 30

An art style Egyptians used.

Question 31

Temples

Answer 31

Home of gods. ask for favors, worship, offer gifts.

Question 32

obelisk

Answer 32

tall, pointed, 4 sided, one block of stone

Question 33

Sphinx

Answer 33

body of lion. no head of a lion. imaginary

Question 34

Art

Answer 34

They did it mostly for religious purposes. mostly showed gods and pharaohs. used frontalisim.