The Ancient Egypt Version Ancient Egypt Jeopardy Vocab
The Ancient Egypt Version!
Ancient Egypt Jeopardy! Vocab More Vocab Pharaohs Egypt More Egypt Kingdom of Kush 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500
Vocab: 100 A waterfall or rapid in a river ANSWER: Cataract
Vocab: 200 A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins ANSWER: Shadoof
Vocab: 300 A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols ANSWER: Hieroglyphics
Vocab : 400 Woven Cloth ANSWER: Textiles
Vocab : 500 A government representative to another country. ANSWER: Envoy
More Vocab : 100 A ruler of ancient Egypt ANSWER: Pharaoh
More Vocab : 200 The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying. ANSWER: Embalming
More Vocab : 300 Grassy plains with trees ANSWER: Savanna
More Vocab : 400 A reed like plant that grew wild along the Nile River. ANSWER: Papyrus
More Vocab : 500 A government in which the political and religious leader is the same person: ANSWER: Theocracy
Pharaohs : 100 I unified upper and lower Egypt and unified the kingdoms: ANSWER: Narmer
Pharaohs : 200 I was the first female pharaoh and I even worse a false beard to fit in with the rest of the pharaohs. ANSWER: Hatshepsut
Pharaohs : 300 I became the most well known pharaoh when my tomb was discovered with gold and riches still inside. ANSWER: King Tut
Pharaohs : 400 I was a very disliked pharaoh because I tried to change the religion from many gods to one god: ANSWER: Amenhotep
Pharaohs : 500 I led Kushite soldiers in an invasion of Egypt. My son, Piye, completed the invasion: ANSWER: Kashta
Egypt: 100 What are benefits of the Nile? ANSWER: Floods left rich soil to farm, Cataracts on the Nile stopped invaders, River water was irrigated during droughts, Water for cooking/ cleaning/ bathing/ farming
Egypt: 200 Egyptians thought the pharaoh was responsible for: ANSWER: Repairing irrigation systems, building granaries, performing religious rituals.
Egypt : 300 What did Egyptians do to prepare bodies for the afterlife and why? ANSWER: embalmed the bodies because the soul needed a body in the afterlife.
Egypt : 400 What did Egypt and Mesopotamia have in common? ANSWER: Relied on rivers, Worshiped many gods, expanded territory throughout history
Egypt : 500 Hyksos warriors introduced this new technology to Egyptians: ANSWER: Charriot
More Egypt : 100 Why were the pyramids built? ANSWER: To honor the pharaohs during the old kingdom
More Egypt : 200 What was the main goal of Queen Hatshepsut’s rule? ANSWER: Trade
More Egypt : 300 What events led to the decline of Egypt? ANSWER: Death of Ramses II, lost territory, Kush conquers Egypt
More Egypt : 400 Egypt declined after this very popular pharaoh died: ANSWER: Ramses II
More Egypt : 500 The Egyptians admired this Nubian (Kush) skill: ANSWER: Warfare
Kingdom of Kush: 100 The capital of Kush was called: ANSWER: Meroe (originally Napata)
Kingdom of Kush : 200 Which Kushite King invaded Egypt? ANSWER: King Kashta
Kingdom of Kush : 300 Meroe was famous for: ANSWER: Trade, large furnaces, and iron.
Kingdom of Kush : 400 Kush produced this product that Egypt did not: ANSWER: Iron
Kingdom of Kush : 500 Kush conquered Egypt, then this group of people conquered Egypt: ANSWER: Assyrians
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