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EGYPT JEOPARDY People I Daily Life Geography I Kingdoms Vocabulary

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People I 100

The title of the Egyptian

ruler; “Great House”

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People I 100 A

pharaoh

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People I 200

Egypt’s first pharaoh;

set up first dynasty; his

capital city was

Memphis

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People I 200A

Menes

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People I 300

Pharaoh during the New

Kingdom; considered one of

the greatest pharaohs to

ever rule; built many

temples and monuments

including Abu Simbel

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People I 300A

Ramses the Great

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People I 400

One of the few Queens of

Egypt; greatly expands

Egypt’s wealth and power

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People I 400A

Hatshepsut

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People I 500

Ruler of Kush;

conquered Upper

Egypt in 751BC

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People I 500A

Kashta

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People I 600

This man defeated the

invading group called the

Hyksos and began the New

Kingdom

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People I 600 A

Ahmose of

Thebes

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Daily Life 100

Large stone tombs with

four triangular sides that

met in a point on the top;

built so the dead could

climb to heaven

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Daily Life 100A

pyramids

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Daily Life 200

The worship of many gods

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Daily Life 200A

polytheism

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Daily Life 300

Describe the four

social classes of

Ancient Egypt

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Daily Life 300A

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Daily Life 400

Worship of one god

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Daily Life 400A

monotheism

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Daily Life 500

A specially treated body

wrapped in cloth

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Daily Life 500A

mummy

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Daily Life 600

Why did Egyptians mummify

the dead?

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Daily Life 600A

to prepare the bodies for

the afterlife

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Geography I 100

Name three “Gifts of the Nile

River”

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Geography I 100A

transportation

trade

silt (farm and pastureland)

food (many)

water (irrigation)

calendar

building materials

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Geography I 200

Where is Ancient Egypt located?

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Geography I 300

A path used by traders

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Geography I 300A

trade route

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Geography I 400

Kerma, Napata, and Meroe

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Geography I 400A

Kushite capitals

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Geography I 500

Located in southern Egypt; called

this because it was uphill

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Geography I 500A

Upper Egypt

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Geography I 600

Largest pyramid ever built; built

by the pharaoh Khufu

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Geography I 600A

Pyramid of Giza

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Egyptian Kingdoms 100

Lasted from 2050 BCE –

1750 BCE; begun by

Mentuhotep II; ended

when Hyksos invaded

and conquered

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Egyptian Kingdoms 100A

Middle Kingdom

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Amenemhat III, the last great ruler of the Middle Kingdom

Egyptian Kingdoms 200

Lasts from 2700 BCE – 2200

BCE; begun by the 3rd

Dynasty; ended when nobles

overthrew the pharaoh;

pyramids built during this

period

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Egyptian Kingdoms 200A

Old Kingdom

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Egyptian Kingdoms 300

Why was the Middle Kingdom so

short?

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Egyptian Kingdoms 300A

- internal disorder

(civil war)

- invaders (Hyksos)

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Egyptian Kingdoms 400

Lasted from 1550 BCE – 1050 BCE;

begun by Ahmose of Thebes;

ended when violence and

disorder ended Egypt’s empire

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Egyptian Kingdoms 400A

New Kingdom

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Egyptian Kingdoms 500

Why did Egypt become so

wealthy during the New

Kingdom?

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Egyptian Kingdoms 500A

- greatly expanded trade

routes

- conquered other people

creating an empire

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Egyptian Kingdoms 600

During the New Kingdom, how

were the professional

soldiers paid?

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Egyptian Kingdoms 600A

- paid with land

- treasures from war

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Vocabulary 100

A series of rulers from the

same family

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Vocabulary 100A

dynasty

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Vocabulary 200

Imaginary creature with

the body of a lion and the

head of something else

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Vocabulary 200A

sphinx

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Vocabulary 300

The name of the Egyptian written

language

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Vocabulary 300A

hieroglyphs

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Vocabulary 400

A long lasting paper-like

material made from reeds

that Egyptians wrote on

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Vocabulary 400A

papyrus

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Vocabulary 500

A tall four-sided pillar that

was pointed at the top

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Vocabulary 500A

obelisk

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Vocabulary 600

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A stone discovered in

1799 that had

hieroglyphs, Greek, and

later Egyptian writing on

it; allowed archaeologists

to read hieroglyphs

Vocabulary 600A

Rosetta Stone

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