Transcript Ancient Egypt Jeopardy

Ancient Egypt
Jeopardy!
By Cristina Osborn
Image from Microsoft Clip Art
Ancient Egypt Jeopardy!
Geography
Religion
King Tut
Writing
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
Geography 100
On which continent is Egypt located?
A. Africa
B. Antarctica
C. Asia
Image from Microsoft Clip Art
Answer
Geography 100- Answer
On which continent is Egypt located?
A. Africa
Image from www.afrikaworld.net
Geography 200
In which direction does the Nile River flow?
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
Answer
Image from Microsoft Clip Art
Geography 200- Answer
In which direction does the Nile River flow?
A. North
Image from www.artsmia.org
Geography 300
What is a delta?
A. A place where a river begins in the
mountains
B. A triangle shaped area of land by the mouth
of a river
C. A place where a river forms whitewater
rapids
Answer
Geography 300- Answer
What is a delta?
B. A triangle shaped
area of land by
the mouth of a
river
Image from www.franklin.ma.us
Religion 100
What was the purpose of a pyramid?
A. It was a palace for the
pharaoh and his family.
B. It was a tomb for the
pharaoh’s mummy.
C. It was a place for people
to hide in during floods.
Image from Microsoft Clip Art
Answer
Religion 100- Answer
What was the purpose of a pyramid?
B. It was a tomb for the pharaoh’s mummy.
Sarcophagus of
Pharaoh Merenptah
Image from www.huffingtonpost.com
Religion 200
Which is NOT a step in making a mummy?
A. Remove the brain
through the nose
B. Weigh the heart against
the Feather of Truth
C. Cover the body in natron
Image from
egypt.mrdonn.org
Answer
Religion 200- Answer
Which is NOT a step in making a mummy?
B. Weigh the heart against the Feather of Truth
Image from
http://oi.uchicago
.edu/OI/MUS/ED/
mummy.html
Religion 300
What did ancient Egyptians believe about
death?
A. All people would go to the afterlife to live
Osiris.
B. If Anubis judged them to have a good heart,
then they would go to the afterlife.
C. No one would go to the afterlife because the
Devourer would eat them first.
Answer
Religion 300- Answer
What did ancient Egyptians believe about
death?
B. If Anubis judged them to have a good heart,
then they would go to the afterlife.
Image from mesuandrews.com
King Tut 100
What is a term for a ruler in ancient Egypt?
A. President
B. Prime minister
C. Pharaoh
Answer
King Tut 100- Answer
What is a term for a ruler in ancient Egypt?
C. Pharaoh
Image from egypt.mrdonn.org
King Tut 200
Who found King Tut’s tomb?
A. Rosetta Stone
B. Howard Carter &
Lord Carnarvon
C. A farmer
Answer
Image from www.king-tut.org.uk
King Tut 200- Answer
Who found King Tut’s tomb?
B. Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon
Image from http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.com/2010/06/bucksbehind-tuts-diggeorge-edward.html
King Tut 300
Why was King Tut so famous?
A. He was the “Boy King.”
B. His tomb was the only one not found robbed
in the Valley of the Kings.
C. Some people thought his tomb was cursed.
D. All of the above
Answer
King Tut 300- Answer
Why was King Tut so famous?
D. All of the above
Writing 100
What is the name of the ancient Egyptian
writing?
A. Papyrus
B. Hieroglyphs
C. Pharaohs
Image from egypttourinfo.com
Answer
Writing 100- Answer
What is the name of the ancient Egyptian
writing?
B. Hieroglyphs
Writing 200
What is the name of the object that helped
people decode hieroglyphs?
A. Nile River
B. King Tut’s tomb
C. Rosetta Stone
Answer
Writing 200- Answer
What is the name of the object that helped
people decode hieroglyphs?
C. Rosetta Stone
Image from en.wikipedia.org
Writing 300
Which 3 languages were carved into the
Rosetta Stone?
A. Hieroglyphics, late Egyptian, and Greek
B. Hieroglyphics, Spanish, and Greek
C. Hieroglyphs, French, and Greek
Answer
Writing 300- Answer
Which 3 languages
were carved into
the Rosetta
Stone?
A. Hieroglyphics,
late Egyptian &
Greek
Image from artyfactory.com