Ancient Egypt Review Game. Rules- or make up your own Divide into groups Each group gets their chance to answer a series of questions. Each correct answer.

Ancient Egypt Review Game

Rules- or make up your own

• Divide into groups

• Each group gets their chance to answer a series of questions. Each correct answer gets 1 point. The group with the most points wins!!

• If a group answers correctly, then they score a point and are given another question. A group has the opportunity to answer up to 3 questions total if they get them all right. Once their turn has expired, the next group is given the opportunity to answer up to 3 questions.

• If a group misses a question, the question is passed to the next group. If this group answers it correctly, then it becomes their turn and they have the opportunity to answer up to 2 additional questions. If this group misses the question, however, the question goes to the next group. If that group misses it, the question goes to the next group. The answer is not revealed until every group has had a chance to answer. A new round is then begun, with a different group beginning each new round.

Question

What form of government did the Egyptians use?

Theocracy

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What kingdoms existed in Egypt?

Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom

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What nation did the Egyptians mostly trade with?

Nubians

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What is the order of hierarchy in ancient Egyptian government?

Pharaoh, Vizier, Governors

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Aswan, a city in Egypt comes from an Egyptian word which means trade. What

word is Egyptian for trade?

swene

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What was Egyptian economy based on?

Trade and agriculture

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What part of the country was lower Egypt in?

northern

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What part of the country was upper Egypt in?

southern

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What is the low strip of fertile land located on either side of the Nile called?

floodplain

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What is the process that is used to preserve a dead body for the afterlife called?

mummification

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Ancient Egyptian writing was called?

Hieroglyphs

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Why did the Old Kingdom collapse?

Invasions from other people

Crop failures

The cost of building the pyramids

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Why was the Nile known as the giver and taker of life?

The river produced rich fertile soilBut the river would either flood too muchOr not enough

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What is the order for the ancient Egyptian social system?

Pharaoh

high priests and priestesses

Nobles

Merchants

peasant farmers

slaves

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Women in ancient Egypt could not …

Become military leaders in the army

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What do the pyramids represent for the pharaoh?

Divine stature and eternal life

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What was relied on to guide them to the afterlife?

The book of the dead

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Why was trade important to the Egyptians

They lacked may natural resources

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What are 3 legacies of the ancient Egyptians?

Medicine

Mathematics

Influence on Greek and roman cultures

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The primary purpose for the pyramids was…

A tomb for the pharaoh, his or her family and the upper

class

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What did they use to solve the problem of erratic flooding?

irrigation

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What does the Greek word nelios mean?

River valley

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What are the two tributary sources for the Nile?

White and blue Nile

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Why were pharaohs buried with their possessions?

They were believed to be a god in their afterlife

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The Nile was Egypt's greatest natural resource because

It provided transportation for the Egyptian ships

It was a consistent source of food (fish)

It fertilized the land around it

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What were disadvantages to the Egyptian theocracy?

Lack of individual identity and some people were forced to practice a

religion they might not have believed in