Ancient Egypt

Question 0

Vessels that store the vital organs after Mummification.

Answer 0

Canopic Jars.

Question 1

Document that contains spells and charms to help secure passage into the afterlife.

Answer 1

Book of the Dead.

Question 2

How long did it take to mummify a corpse?

Answer 2

70 days.

Question 3

Where was the pharaohs buried?

Answer 3

Valley of the Kings.

Question 4

First recorded examples of hieroglyphics date back ___________ years.

Answer 4

5,000 years

Question 5

What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Answer 5

The Rosetta Stone.

Question 6

Who deciphered the translations on the Rosetta Stone?

Answer 6

Jean Champollion.

Question 7

What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone?

Answer 7

Greek, Egyptian, Demonic.

Question 8

What is Stella?

Answer 8

A stone used to carve hieroglyphics on before the invention of papyrus.

Question 9

How did the Cartouche get its name?

Answer 9

Named by Napoleons soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in their weapons.

Question 10

What other materials are made from papyrus reeds?

Answer 10

Boats, sandals, rope, and baskets,

Question 11

How did Egyptians envision the afterlife?

Answer 11

Like everyday life.

Question 12

Ritual done before burial used to awaken the senses in the Afterlife:

Answer 12

Opening of the Mouth Ritual.

Question 13

Who was the longest reining pharaoh?

Answer 13

Ramses II-66 years.

Question 14

What is Natron?

Answer 14

Desert Salt used to mummify.

Question 15

How did the geography influence their spiritual beliefs?

Answer 15

Living next to the desert made them more aware of their mortality.

Question 16

Why did they mummify the body?

Answer 16

Believed they needed their body in the Afterlife.

Question 17

Egyptian creation belief.

Answer 17

Life rose from a primeval ocean.

Question 18

The Pyramid symbolizes:

Answer 18

Resurrection .

Question 19

What were amulets used for?

Answer 19

Protection.

Question 20

Whose tomb was the only one found intact in the Valley of the Kings?

Answer 20

King Tut.

Question 21

What is an Ushubets?

Answer 21

Clay figures laced in the tombs to be used as a symbolic worker of mundane tasks.

Question 22

Social Pyramid

Answer 22

Just know it!!!!

Question 23

What was buried with the dead?

Answer 23

Everything you needed in Dailey life: Food, clothing animals, and servants.

Question 24

Who were the only Egyptians taught to read?

Answer 24

Scribes, doctor, and viziers.

Question 25

Did Egyptians use currency?

Answer 25

No, barter system.

Question 26

Who is Osiris?

Answer 26

Ruler of the Underworld.

Question 27

Their art style stayed the same for _______ years.

Answer 27

3,000 years.

Question 28

What are the 5 main characteristics of painting human figures?

Answer 28

Rigid stylized figure
Torso forward facing
Limbs and head in profile
Elongated forehead and limbs
Eye exaggerated and forward facing

Question 29

Symbol for life/eternal existence.

Answer 29

Ankh

Question 30

Symbol for the spiritual ability to perceive and interpret both seen and unseen in the universe.

Answer 30

Eye of Ra

Question 31

Who is the goddess of truth- judges whether or not you go into the afterlife.

Answer 31

Maat

Question 32

Symbol that represents Royalty.

Answer 32

Crook and Flail.

Question 33

Egyptian word for soul.

Answer 33

Ka

Question 34

Cat god of protection.

Answer 34

Bast.

Question 35

Egyptian god of death with a head of a jackal.

Answer 35

Anubis

Question 36

Egyptian god of creation.

Answer 36

Ra

Question 37

How could you gain social status?

Answer 37

Born into it, or sometimes could buy training.