Lessons 1-7

Question 1

Identify Memphis on the map below.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Identify Upper Egypt on the map below.

Answer 2

I

Question 3

large waterfalls

Answer 3

cataracts

Question 4

to convert into normal language

Answer 4

decipher

Question 5

capital of Egypt; founded by Menes

Answer 5

Memphis

Question 6

Identify Abydos on the map below

Answer 6

H

Question 7

person who copies documents and keeps records

Answer 7

scribe

Question 8

to supply water to land for vegetation or crops

Answer 8

irrigate

Question 9

statue with lion’s body and human head

Answer 9

Sphinx

Question 10

Identify the Mediterranean Sea on the map below.

Answer 10

A

Question 11

Identify the Nile River on the map below.

Answer 11

G

Question 12

object dedicated to a religious purpose

Answer 12

sacred

Question 13

a black powder used as eye makeup

Answer 13

kohl

Question 14

Identify Giza in the map below.

Answer 14

C

Question 15

King of the Underworld; Judge of the Dead

Answer 15

Osiris

Question 16

belt or cord worn around the waist

Answer 16

girdle

Question 17

Identify Lower Egypt on the map below.

Answer 17

F

Question 18

“Egypt was the gift of the Nile.”

Answer 18

ancient Greek Historian

Question 19

sun-god of Egypt

Answer 19

Ra (Amon-Ra)

Question 20

Identify Thebes (Karnak) in the city below

Answer 20

J

Question 21

triangle-shaped piece of land where Nile becomes many streams flowing into the Mediterranean

Answer 21

the Delta

Question 22

slab of stone used to decipher Egyptian writing

Answer 22

Rosetta Stone

Question 23

“Sit not down when another is standing up, if he be older than thou, even if thy rank in life be higher than his.”

Answer 23

Maxims of Ani

Question 24

“The Egyptians are very religious, surpassing all men in the honors they pay to the gods.”

Answer 24

Herodotus

Question 25

“A boy’s ears are on his back.”

Answer 25

Egyptian saying

Question 26

pharaoh of Egypt; declared all gods besides Aton false

Answer 26

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton)

Question 27

Identify the Nile Delta on the map below.

Answer 27

B

Question 28

Egyptian name for land; used to describe their dark-colored soil

Answer 28

kam

Question 29

Identify Cairo on the map below.

Answer 29

D

Question 30

northern part of Egypt

Answer 30

Lower Egypt

Question 31

Identify the Red Sea on the map below

Answer 31

K