Transcript Ancient Egypt jeopardy 1

Nile
geography
Nile
vocabulary
Nile
Civilizations
Egypt’s
rulers
Egypt’s
kingdoms
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Name the longest river in
the world
What is the Nile?
The Nile River flows in this
direction toward the
Mediterranean Sea
What is north?
Name the city where
the Blue Nile and the
White Nile meet
What is Khartoum?
Name the civilization
located between the first
and second cataract
What is lower
Nubia?
Name the civilization
located between the second
and sixth cataract
What is Upper Nubia?
The rich, fertile soil
deposited by the
flooding of a river is
called this
What is silt?
What do we call the
rock-filled rapids of a river?
What are cataracts?
What is a triangle-shaped
area of rich farmland near
the mouth of a river?
What is delta?
The desert beyond the fertile
river banks is called
What is the red land?
The dark soil left by the
Nile’s floods is called
What is the black land or
Kemet?
This enabled Egyptian trade
What is the Nile?
Who traded on land routes
through the Nile Valley
Who were the Nubians?
The year communities
began to appear in lower
Egypt
What is 4000 BC?
This Greek historian called
Egypt “the gift of the Nile”
Who was Herodotus?
Name an item traded
by the Nubians
What is ebony wood,
elephant tusks, ostrich
feathers and eggs, panther
skins, or a “throw-stick” ?
Respected title of an
Egyptian king
What is pharaoh?
A family of rulers
What is a dynasty?
Someone who rules for a
child until the child is
old enough to rule
What is a regent?
Stepmother of Thutmose III,
who ruled Egypt for about
22 years
Who was Hatshepsut?
He began the first dynasty,
united Upper and Lower
Egypt and built the city of
Memphis
Who was Menes?
One of the greatest rulers of
The New Kingdom. He
studied plants and led his
armies into battles
Who was Thutmose III?
He conquered ancient Egypt
in 332 BC
Who was Alexander the
Great?
time period when order
was restored and irrigation
projects and canals built
What was the Middle
Kingdom?
large armies were developed
at this time
What was the New
Kingdom?
Time period when Egypt had
good rulers and a well-run
government
What was the Old Kingdom?