§upa - Jeopardy Terms - 3 - Egypt Flashcards

A list of Jeopardy terms relating to Egyptian Civilization.

9403735	Africa	Continent Egypt is part of	0
9403736	Nile	Egypt's major river	1
9403737	Mediterranean Sea	Body of water into which Egypt's major river empties	2
9403738	Nile Delta	Region formed by the mouth of Egypt's major river	3
9403739	Desert	Type of land that bordered Egypt's river valley	4
9403740	Sphinx	Colossal statue of a crouching lion with a human head	5
9403741	Great Pyramid	Largest of the Egyptian kings' tombs	6
9403742	Upper Egypt	Ancient kingdom of southern Egypt	7
9403743	Lower Egypt	Ancient kingdom of northern Egypt	8
9403744	Thebes	Capital city of the New Kingdom in central Egypt	9
9403745	Cataracts	Series of great waterfalls in Egypt's major river	10
9403746	Giza	Site of the Great Pyramid, plus other pyramids	11
9403747	Nubia	Land to the south that became part of Egypt during the empire	12
9403748	Minerals	Type of resource scarce in Egypt, usually traded for	13
9403749	Dry Climate	This kept many Egyptian manuscripts and artifacts preserved for centuries	14
9403750	Red Sea	Body of water on Egypt's eastern boundary	15
9403751	4000 Miles	Total length of Egypt's major river	16
9403752	Syria and Palestine	Two Middle Eastern areas that became part of Egypt's empire during the New Kingdom	17
9403753	Isthmus of Suez	Land that joined Egypt with western Asia	18
9403754	Memphis	Capital city of the Old Kingdom	19
9403755	Heliopolis	Great center for advanced study (especially astronomy and religion)	20
9403756	Tell el Amarna (Tall al Mamarinah)	New capital city established by Ikhnaton (Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV)	21
9403757	God	Religious status of the Egyptian ruler	22
9403758	Pyramids	Tombs built to house the deathless rulers	23
9403759	Mummification	This process preserved bodies for the afterlife	24
9403760	Temples	Buildings constructed to honor gods, especially Amon-Re	25
9403761	Re	God of the Sun	26
9403762	Osiris	God of the Underworld; personification of the Nile	27
9403763	Isis	Fertility goddess; wife of Osiris	28
9403764	Aten (Aton)	New single god decree by Ikhnaton	29
9403765	Book of the Dead	Collection of magic spells to help achieve life after death	30
9403766	Tombs(cut into cliffs)	Pharaohs' burial places during the Middle Kingdom	31
9403767	Sacred Animal	Each god's symbol, revered and mummified	32
9403768	Life after Death	Major preoccupation of Egyptian religion	33
9403769	Scarab	Sacred insect	34
9403770	Amon	God of Thebes	35
9403771	Amon-Re	Chief Egyptian god	36
9403772	Horus	Son of Re, also of Osiris and Isis	37
9403773	West Bank of Nile	Where all the pyramids were built	38
9403774	Eater of the Dead	Monster that devoured sinful souls	39
9403775	Scale	Device used by god Osiris to judge a soul	40
9403776	Monotheism	Belief in a single god	41
9403777	Polytheism	Belief in a number of gods	42
9403778	Hapi (Apis)	A sacred bull worshipped by the ancient Egyptians	43
9403779	Tut (Tutankhamen)	Boy-king whose unopened tomb was discovered C.E. 1922	44
9403780	Priests and Nobles	Hereditary groups who took some power away from Egyptian rulers	45
9403781	Pharaoh	Egyptian ruler	46
9403782	Brother-Sister Marriage	Type of marriage practiced by Egyptian rulers	47
9403783	Dynasty	A series of rulers from a single family; ancient Egypt had 31 of these over 2600 years	48
9403784	Menes	Ruler who united northern and southern Egypt (c. 3000 B.C.E.)	49
9403785	Akhenaton (Ikhnaton)	New name of the ruler who established belief in a single god	50
9403786	Nefertiti	Wife and sister of Ikhnaton (Akhenaton)	51
9403787	Ramses II	Last strong ruler of ancient Egypt	52
9403788	Old Kingdom	First era of ancient Egyptian history; the Pyramid Age	53
9403789	Middle Kingdom	Second era of ancient Egyptian history	54
9403790	New Kingdom	Third era of ancient Egyptian history; a period of conquest	55
9403791	Alexander the Great	Leader who conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.E.	56
9403792	Pharaoh	Original owner of all Egyptian land	57
9403793	Khufu (Cheops)	King entombed in the Great Pyramid	58
9403794	Howard Carter	Man who discovered King Tut's tomb	59
9403795	Ahmose	Prince who drove out the Hyksos and began the New Kingdom	60
9403796	Hatshepsut	Female ruler who expanded trade and public building	61
9403797	Thutmose III	Ruler who expanded Egyptian rule into Syria and Palestine	62
9403798	Kush	Southern kingdom that ruled Egypt from c. 750 to 670 B.C.E.	63
9403799	Hyksos	Asian people who ruled Egypt from c. 1700 B.C.E. to 1600 B.C.E.	64
9403800	Assyrians	People who conquered Egypt in c. 670 B.C.E.	65
9403801	Hieroglyphic System	Ancient Egyptian system of writing	66
9403802	Papyrus	Paperlike Egyptian writing material	67
9403803	Rosetta Stone	Artifact that showed how to decipher Egyptian writing	68
9403804	Agriculture	Economic basis of Egyptian power and wealth	69
9403805	Trade	Source of wealth for Egypt in addition to agriculture	70
9403806	Medicine	Healing science in which Egyptians became proficient	71
9403807	Cities	Centers of government and religion	72
9403808	Ink	Material Egyptians used to write with	73
9403809	Mud-Brick (Reeds and Mud)	Building material of Egyptian villagers	74
9403810	Horse	Animal introduced to Egypt by the invading Hyksos	75
9403811	Scribe	Hereditary writing and record-keeping professional	76
9403812	June	Time of year when the river flood began	77
9403813	Geometry	Mathematical skill developed by Egyptians to measure land	78
9403814	365-Day Calendar	Type of calendar developed by Egyptians; An improvement over the lunar calendar	79
9403815	Cotton	Important crop in both ancient and modern Egypt	80
9403816	Ramps and Levers	Devices used to build the pyramids	81
9403817	Estates	Homes of wealthy Egyptians outside the city	82
9403818	Granaries	Storage buildings for grain from good harvests	83
9403819	Granite and Limestone	The two building materials for the pyramids	84
9403820	80	Approximate number of pyramids built	85