Transcript JEOPARDY

JEOPARDY
Chapter 2- Egypt
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People & Places
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Geography
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EgyptianCulture
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Vocabulary
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Old/Middle Kingdom
New/Late Period
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What was the Pyramid Age?
This is a name sometimes used to describe the
Old Kingdom.
What was the the Upper class ( pharaoh, royal family,
and priests and government officials), and lower class,
(everyone else).?
These are the two classes of society during the
Old Kingdom.
What were weak rulers and 125 years of Civil
wars?
This is what ended the Old Kingdom, ( around
2181 B.C. )
Who were Khufu and Djoser ( Djoser had the first
step pyramid built by Imhotep, his architect)
These are two pharaohs of the Old Kingdom.
Who were the Hyksos, who used chariots, as
opposed to Egyptian donkey carts?
They were the Asiatic people who conquered the
Egyptians and ended the Middle Kingdom in 1730
B.C.
What was Thebes?
This became the capital city of the New Kingdom
for several pharaohs beginning in 1550 B.C.
What was Nubia?
This was the kingdom that the Egyptians conquered in
central eastern Africa to establish their empire.
Who was Hatshepsut?
She was the first female ruler that we have on
record and an able ruler during the New
Kingdom.
What was monotheism, the worship of Aton,
the Sun God?
This was the new religion established by
Amenhotep ( Akhenaton)
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Who was Tutankhamen ( King Tut) Dancing
by the Nile?
He was the boy king that took the throne after
Akenhoten, and moved the capital back to Thebes.
Who was Ramses II?
He was the last great ruler of the New Kingdom,
who held the empire together, and built many
monuments to himself.
Who were the Persians, the Nubians, the
Assyrians?
These were some of the invaders who ravaged the
Late Period until 300 B.C. and the end of
Egyptian greatness.
What Tell el Amarna?
This was the capital city established by
Akhenaton.
Who was Jean Francois Champollion?
He was the French linguist who
deciphered the secret of the Rosetta Stone.
Who was Menes?
He was the first Egyptian pharaoh to unite the
upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt.
What is North?
This is the direction that Nile River flows.
What is Sudan?
This would be the modern country where the
kingdom of Nubia was located.
What is Lake Nasser and the Aswan Dam, (
money borrowed from the Soviet Union)?
This is the huge Lake and Dam that limit the flow
of the Nile River today and provide electrical
power to Cairo.
What is the Isthmus of Suez?
This is the land bridge that connects Africa with
Asia.
What is or was Memphis?
This city was the ancient capital of Early Egyptian
pharaohs, and located near the Pyramids of Giza, (
There is no Beale Street).
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What was Sirius, the Dog Star?
This is what ancient Egyptians used to calculate
their nearly accurate calendar.
What was the Ancient Book of Healing?
This ancient book of the Old Kingdom describes
many diseases, their symptoms and treatments.
What was mummification?
This is the Egyptian art of preserving the body for
the journey to the after life.
What was the Book of the Dead?
This was the book placed in the tombs of the
deceased in order to guide them through the perils
of the afterlife.
Who were Amon( Ra), ( the Sun God) Osiris (
Nile River God),and Isis ( Moon Goddess)?
These were three gods of the ancient Egyptian
religion.
What was a caravan?
This was a way of protecting a group of people
traveling together for trade or religious
purposes.
What was polytheism?
This was the type of religion practiced by the
Egyptians.
What was and is cotton?
This was one of the most important crops of
ancient Egypt and continues even into modern
times.
What is a monarchy, (sometimes power is
shared with nobles) ?
This is the type of government where a king or
queen rules with total or shared power.
What was hieroglyphics?
This was the ancient writing of the Egyptians