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Final Jeopardy

2. Question 1
A fan shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea is known as _________.

3. Answer 1
Delta

4. Question 2
A waterfall or rapids in a river is a ____________.

5. Answer 2
Cataract

6. Question 3
The ‘Great Pyramid’ was built for which Pharaoh?

7. Answer 3
Khufu

8. Question 4
Which pharaoh was the first woman to rule Egypt on her own?

9. Answer 4
Hatshepsut

10. Question 5
How were beliefs about the afterlife linked to items placed in tombs?

11. Answer 5
Items were placed in tombs so that people could use these items in their afterlife. They believed that people needed these items once they got to the afterlife.

12. Question 6
A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins is known as a(n) _________.

13. Answer 6
Shadoof

14. Question 7
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile River is ___________.

15. Answer 7
Papyrus

16. Question 8
Why was embalming important to the Egyptians?

17. Answer 8
They believed that if the body decayed, the spirit would not recognize their body in the afterlife and would not be able to move on.

18. Question 9
How did workers get stone blocks to the pyramids?

19. Answer 9
The stone blocks were brought down the Nile by boat, transported to the pyramids on wooden sleds, and hauled up the pyramid on ramps.

20. Question 10
Which pharaoh introduced a new religion in Egypt- throwing out the old gods and deciding that only one was to be worshipped.

21. Answer 10
Akhenaten

22. Question 11
_________ is a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.

23. Answer 11
Hieroglyphics

24. Question 12
A line of rules from one family is known as a (n) _________.

25. Answer 12
Dynasty

26. Question 13 There are five sections of the social class pyramid.
Which group would I find second from the top?

27. Answer 13
Priests/Nobles

28. Question 14
Why did the Kushites adapt some of the Egyptian culture?

29. Answer 14
For a period it was the culture of their rulers

30. Question 15
What made the location of Napata beneficial to the people?

31. Answer 15
Napata was located on the Upper Nile and close to trade caravans.

32. Question 16
A _______ is a government in which the religious leader and political leader are the same.

33. Answer 16
Theocracy

34. Question 17
A ___________ is a government official.

35. Answer 17
Bureaucrat

36. Question 18
What was one use of the temples in ancient Egypt?

37. Houses for gods/goddesses Banks Storage for valuables
Answer 18
Houses for gods/goddesses
Banks
Storage for valuables

38. Question 19
What was the role of a scribe?

39. Answer 19
Scribes worked for the government and temples by keeping records and accounts for the state and writing and copying religious and literary texts.

40. Question 20
What methods of warfare did the Hyksos use against Egypt?

41. Answer 20
Horse drawn chariots, bronze and iron weapons. The Egyptians fought on foot and used copper and stone weapons.

42. Question 21
A (n) _________ is a government representative to another country.

43. Answer 21
Envoy

44. Question 22 This pharaoh drove the Hyksos out
of Egypt and during his reign, Egypt was at the height of its glory.

45. Answer 22
Ahmose

46. Question 23
Which Pharaoh united upper and lower Egypt?

47. Answer 23
Narmer

48. Question 24
This is another name for Egyptian gods and goddesses. These people were
believed to control the forces of nature and human activity.

49. Answer 24
Deities

50. Question 25
Give two examples of rights women had in ancient Egypt.

51. Answer 25 They could own property
They could make wills and gets divorces
They could perform religious ceremonies

52. Final Jeopardy
What two factors contributed to Egypt’s wealth during the New Kingdom?

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
Trade and Conquest