Unit 5 - Ancient Egypt
For the History Jeopardy Final Part 1 of 4
- 1.Explain why the river that ran through Egypt benefitted Egypt and the effects of having the river.
- 2.What is the name of the river that flows through Egypt?
- A.
Euphrates River
- B.
Mississippi River
- C.
Nile River
- D.
Tigris River
- 3.The river that runs through Egypt splits into two rivers which two?
- A.
White and Blue Nile Rivers
- B.
Blue and Green Tigris Rivers
- C.
Orange and Yellow Nile Rivers
- D.
White and Red Euphrates Rivers
- 4.What are cataracts?
- A.
A breed of cats
- B.
Rocky rapids
- C.
The bones in your rib cage
- D.
Poisonous plants
- 5.The kings of Upper Egypt wore ____________ - colored crowns.
- 6.The kings of Lower Egypt wore ____________ - colored crowns.
- 7.Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt?
- A.
Narmer
- B.
King Arthur
- C.
Tarquinius
- D.
Nella
- 8.Control (rule) in Egypt was passed down through ____________.
- 9.Egypt's civilization developed in a _____________ valley with rich soil.
- 10.The __________ River flows into which sea?
- A.
Nile, Mediterranean
- B.
Euphrates, Mediterranean
- C.
Mississippi, Caspian
- D.
Nile, Baltic
- 11.The Nile River carries __________ - fine mineral particles - that can form fertile soil on the banks of the river.
- 12.A ______________ is an area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river.
- A.
River bed
- B.
Deposit
- C.
Delta
- D.
Bank
- 13.Narmer united Egypt in _____________ BC.
- 14.The Egyptians were _____________, or people that believed in many gods.
- 15.What was an example of a way that Egyptians represented their deities in life?
- A.
Sending flowers down the Nile to the gods
- B.
Taking selfies with the deities
- C.
Carving trees to look like gods
- D.
Making statues and sculptures of the deities
- 16.Who was the Egyptian God of the Sun?
- A.
Neti - Me
- B.
Amon - Re
- C.
Pha - Le
- D.
Osiris
- 17.Who was the Egyptian God of the Dead?
- A.
Amon - Re
- B.
Leni - Te
- C.
Osiris
- D.
Isis
- 18.The Egyptians developed their own system of writing around when?
- A.
3200 BC
- B.
3000 BC
- C.
500 BC
- D.
1200 BC
- 19.Egyptian writing was a system of _______________, or symbols that represented words, ideas, or phrases.
- 20.____________, or official writers, were some of the only people in Egypt who knew how to write.
- 21.Egyptians used what material to write on?
- A.
Wood
- B.
Paper
- C.
Papyrus
- D.
Clay tablets
- 22.The Rosetta Stone was a piece of Egyptian literature used to guide the souls to the land of the dead.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.The Egyptians most well preserved and most well - known type of architecture is the _______________.
- A.
Pyramid
- B.
Rectangular prism
- C.
Cylinder
- D.
Symmetrical structure
- 24.A ____________ is a building with triangular sides.
- 25.Pyramids were used for (check all that apply):
- A.
Burial chambers
- B.
Temples
- C.
Housing units
- D.
Storage
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