VOCAB

Question 1

What period in Egyptian history lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC?

Answer 1

Old Kingdom

Question 2

Who ruled in the 2500s BC?

Answer 2

Kufu

Question 3

What do you call people from rich and powerful families?

Answer 3

Nobles

Question 4

What is the life after death called in Egyptian belief?

Answer 4

Afterlife

Question 5

What are treated bodies wrapped in cloth called?

Answer 5

Mummies

Question 6

Who are people of wealth and power?

Answer 6

Elite

Question 7

What are huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls called?

Answer 7

Pyramids

Question 8

What is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes?

Answer 8

Engineering

Question 9

What does it mean to get or obtain something?

Answer 9

Acquire

Question 10

Who were government officials, usually nobles, that included priests?

Answer 10

Officials

Question 11

What is a person’s life force called?

Answer 11

Ka

Question 12

What is a way of doing something called?

Answer 12

Method

Question 13

What is the belief in one or more gods called?

Answer 13

Polytheism

Question 14

What does it mean to be alone or left alone?

Answer 14

Isolated

Question 15

Which period of Egyptian history lasted until about 1750 BC and brought order and stability?

Answer 15

Middle Kingdom

Question 16

Which period during which Egypt reached its height of power and glory?

Answer 16

New Kingdom

Question 17

What are paths followed by traders called?

Answer 17

Trade routes

Question 18

Who was a female pharaoh that dressed like a man and called herself king?

Answer 18

Queen Hatshepsut

Question 19

Who was the last great pharaoh of Egypt?

Answer 19

Ramses the Great

Question 20

What was the Egyptian writing system called?

Answer 20

Hieroglyphics

Question 21

What is a large vault, typically underground, used for burying the dead called?

Answer 21

Tomb

Question 22

What do you call a hall for meetings of a legislative or judicial body?

Answer 22

Chamber

Question 23

What is a long-lasting paper-like material made from reeds called?

Answer 23

Papyrus

Question 24

Who studies human history and prehistory?

Answer 24

Archeologist

Question 25

What is a stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics called?

Answer 25

Rosetta Stone

Question 26

What are imaginary creatures with the body of lions and the heads of other animals or humans called?

Answer 26

Sphinxes

Question 27

What is a tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top called?

Answer 27

Obelisk

Question 28

Who was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh?

Answer 28

King Tutankhamen

Question 29

Who was the ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt?

Answer 29

Piankhi

Question 30

What do you call a system of people in different lands who trade goods?

Answer 30

Trade network

Question 31

Who are traders called?

Answer 31

Merchants

Question 32

What do you call items sent out to other regions?

Answer 32

Exports

Question 33

What are goods brought in from other regions called?

Answer 33

Imports

Question 34

Who was the first woman to rule Kush?

Answer 34

Queen Shanakhdakheto

Question 35

Who was the first ruler to embrace Christianity and make it the state religion in the 4th century?

Answer 35

King Ezana

Question 36

What does it mean to produce or be capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops?

Answer 36

Fertile

Question 37

What is fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water called?

Answer 37

Silt

Question 38

What does it mean to have been overcome and taken control of by military force?

Answer 38

Conquered

Question 39

What does it mean to be very loving or loyal?

Answer 39

Devoted