Egypt

Question 1

Location to the far east (6)

Answer 1

Kadesh

Question 2

Second to north on Nile (5)

Answer 2

Giza

Question 3

Fourth to north on Nile (3)

Answer 3

Akhetaten

Question 4

Far West city (2)

Answer 4

Fayyum

Question 5

Third to north on Nile (4)

Answer 5

Memphis

Question 6

Southernmost on Nile (9)

Answer 6

Abu Simbel

Question 7

Sixth to north on Nile (1)

Answer 7

Thebes

Question 8

Northernmost on Nile (7)

Answer 8

Alexandria

Question 9

Seventh to north on Nile (8)

Answer 9

Nekhen

Question 10

Fifth to north on Nile (10)

Answer 10

Abydos

Question 11

Narmer Palette: What is it?

Answer 11

An Egyptian ceremonial engraving depicting the King, Narmer, uniting Lower and Upper Egypt.

Question 12

When was the Old Kingdom

Answer 12

2600-2150 BCE

Question 13

When was the Middle Kingdom

Answer 13

2000-1800 BCE

Question 14

When was the New Kingdom

Answer 14

1550-1100 BCE

Question 15

When was the Late Period

Answer 15

715-332 BCE

Question 16

When was the Ptolemaic Period?

Answer 16

332-30 BCE

Question 17

When did Egypt become a province of Rome?

Answer 17

30 BCE

Question 18

What is a mastaba?

Answer 18

It is a burial site, similar to a ziggurat

Question 19

Where were hieroglyphs first discovered?

Answer 19

Abydos in a ruler’s burial chambers

Question 20

What is Nekhen also know as?

Answer 20

Hierakonpolis

Question 21

Where was the Narmer palette found?

Answer 21

Nekhen

Question 22

Where and when was the Narmer Palette found?

Answer 22

1898 in Nekhen

Question 23

When was the Narmer Palette created?

Answer 23

3100 BCE (Old Kingdom)

Question 24

What does the Narmer Palette depict?

Answer 24

On one side, it shows a celebration of Narmer, with his lower Egypt attire and his decapitated enemies. On the other side, it shows Narmer in his upper Egypt attire, attacking an enemy, demonstrating his power.

Question 25

How did pharaohs get power in the Old Kingdom?

Answer 25

They were thought to protect people from chaos and to promote order in the presence of the divine force, the Sun.

Question 26

What gods was most associated with the pharaohs?

Answer 26

Horus, the falcon god and Ra/Re, the sun god

Question 27

Where was the capital of the Old Kingdom?

Answer 27

Memphis

Question 28

Where was the first step pyramid built under Djoser?

Answer 28

Saqqara

Question 29

Where are the three big pyramids found?

Answer 29

Giza

Question 30

What happened during intermediate periods?

Answer 30

Chaos and disorder, no unification

Question 31

How does the afterlife work?

Answer 31

When a person dies, there are many steps and test they must pass. The Book of the Dead allows them learn about how to beat these trials

Question 32

The worship of what god increased in the Middle Kingdom?

Answer 32

Osiris. People believed that the gods walked among them

Question 33

Where was the Funerary Complex of Senworset III created?

Answer 33

Dashur in 1900 BCE (Middle Kingdom)

Question 34

How did the Middle Kingdom end?

Answer 34

Ecological stress, power struggles, weak pharoahs.

Question 35

What happened during the Second Intermediate Period?

Answer 35

The Hyksos invaded and settled. Moved capital to Avaris

Question 36

What was the capital in the Middle Kingdom

Answer 36

Thebes

Question 37

What did Kabose and Ahmose do?

Answer 37

Took back Egypt and drove Hyksos out of Egypt. Turned Avaris into a fortress

Question 38

Where was the administrative capital in the New Kingdom?

Answer 38

Memphis

Question 39

When was the Valley of Kings developed?

Answer 39

1539-1075 BCE

Question 40

What is Karnak?

Answer 40

One of the largest religious complexes built. Contained precinct dedicated to Amen-Re

Question 41

Why is Hatshepsut important?

Answer 41

Created power through art, female leader, created obelisks in Karnak.

Question 42

What does kneeling Hatshepsut show?

Answer 42

It shows her offering to the gods and being a servant of them

Question 43

What did Akhenaten do?

Answer 43

Transformed Egypt to worship one god, Aten (the disk of the Sun). Weakened Egypt and didn't do his duties

Question 44

Where did Akhenaten move the capital to?

Answer 44

Akhetaten

Question 45

What do the images of the sun show?

Answer 45

They show Akhenaten and his wife Nefriti being the intermediaries of the god Aten.

Question 46

What did Tutankhamun do?

Answer 46

He reversed Akhenaten's ways and returned the capital to Memphis

Question 47

What did Ramsses II do?

Answer 47

Reasserted Egypt's dominance and held off the Sea People's attacks. Created many monuments and borders to glorify Egypt

Question 48

What is the Battle of Kadesh?

Answer 48

Battle between Egypt and Hittite. Ended in stalemate but both sides say they won.

Question 49

What are the Temples at Abu Simbel?

Answer 49

The Great Temple that Ramsses II dedicated to himself and the Small Temple dedicated to his wife.

Question 50

What happened in the Third Intermediate Period?

Answer 50

Egypt's borders shrank, no unified rule, and foreign powers invaded.