Egyptian Jeopardy $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 Nile River Medicine and Magic Writing Systems Pharaohs Misc. $10 $20 $30 $40 $50

Waterfalls that act as natural barriers along the Nile $10 Nile River: Answer Waterfalls that act as natural barriers along the Nile

Question What are… cataracts

The direction in which the Nile River Flows $20 Nile River: Answer The direction in which the Nile River Flows

South to North towards the Nile River Question What is… South to North towards the Nile River

$30 Nile River: Answer The major difference between the flooding of the Nile River and the Tigris and Euphrates

The Nile is predictable while the Tigris and Euphrates are not Question The Nile is predictable while the Tigris and Euphrates are not

The annual flooding pattern of the Nile River $40 Nile River: Answer The annual flooding pattern of the Nile River

Once per year in a predictable cycle Question What is… Once per year in a predictable cycle

Egypt’s two main problems solved by the Nile River $50 Nile River: Answer Egypt’s two main problems solved by the Nile River

Question What is: 96% barren desert Very little rainfall

$10 Medicine and Magic The Wrapped body of a preserved dead person

Question What is… A mummy

$20 Medicine and Magic Process used during mummification to preserve the bodies of the dead

Question What is… embalming

Containers used to store the mummified remains of the internal organs $30 Medicine and Magic Containers used to store the mummified remains of the internal organs

Question What are: Canopic Jars

Medical advancements made by Egyptians to treat broken bones $40 Medicine and Magic Medical advancements made by Egyptians to treat broken bones

Splints and/or surgery Question What are… Splints and/or surgery

$50 Medicine and Magic If medical treatment did not cure a patient, the cause of the disease was attributed to this

Question What are: Evil Forces!

$10 Writing Systems A kind of writing in which pictures stand for words or sounds in Ancient Egypt

Question What is… Hieroglyphics

$20 Writing Systems Reed that grew around the Nile Delta from which a kind of paper can be made

Question What is… Papyrus

$30 Writing Systems The most important purpose of writing in Ancient Egypt AND Ancient Sumer

Keeping records for business and government Question What is… Keeping records for business and government

People who wrote for a living in Ancient Egypt and Sumer $40 Writing Systems People who wrote for a living in Ancient Egypt and Sumer

Question Who are… scribes

$50 Writing Systems Both cuneiform and hieroglyphics are sub categories of this form of writing

Question What are… pictograms

$10 Answer Center of Egyptian life, supreme ruler of ancient Kingdoms

Question What is… The Pharaoh

$20 Pharaohs Pharaoh famous for his fabulous tomb more than his achievements during his short, young life

Question Who is… King Tut

Pharaoh who famously tried to convert Egyptians to Monotheism $30 Pharaohs Pharaoh who famously tried to convert Egyptians to Monotheism

Amenhotep IV – better known as Akhenaten Question Who is… Amenhotep IV – better known as Akhenaten

Man responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom $40 Pharaohs Man responsible for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom

Question Who is… Menes or Narmer (same person)

$50 Pharaohs Hatshepsut wore this because she knew many Egyptians distrusted a female pharaoh

Question What is… A false beard

$10 Misc. The belief in many gods

Question What is… Polytheism

$20 Misc. Amon-Re was created by combining these two gods

the god of Thebes with the sun god. Question Who are… the god of Thebes with the sun god.

$30 Misc. The Hyksos were able to conquer Egypt because of these

their bronze and iron weapons and horse-drawn chariots Question What are… their bronze and iron weapons and horse-drawn chariots

$40 Misc. The three major Eras of Ancient Egyptian history can be divided into these

Old, Middle and New Kingdoms Question Old, Middle and New Kingdoms

$50 Misc. - They were protected by vast desert to the east and west - Cataracts acted as natural defensive barriers on the Nile - They had enough natural resources to go around

Question What are: Reasons the Egyptians were not very concerned with developing military technology