Ancient Egypt 1 Jeopardy Template

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100 What is a cataract? A strong flood or rush of water is called...	100 What is a pharaoh? A powerful Egyptian ruler was called...	100 What is a pyramid? An Egyptian ruler was often buried in a triangular-shaped building called...	100 What is papyrus? Egyptians used reeds to make an early form of paper called...	100 What is Lower Nubia? The region of ancient Nubia between the 1st and 2nd Nile cataracts.
200 What is silt? Fine soil found on river bottoms is called...	200 What is a dynasty? A series of rulers from the same family is called...	200 What is afterlife? A key term for life after death is...	200 What is an astronomer? A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky is called...	200 What is an artisan? A skilled worker who crafts goods by hand...
300 What is both Egypt and Nubia? In 5000 B.C. farming communities appeared in which two countries?	300 What is a regent? Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule...	300 What is they preserved the bodies (mummification)? How did the ancient Egyptians demonstrate their belief in life after death?	300 What are hunting and fishing communities? Around 6000 B.C., what began to appear in Nubia?	300 What is "Land of the Bow"? The Egyptians called Nubia "TaSety", meaning...
400 What is rich farmland? The Nile affected ancient Egyptian life by creating...	400 What is weak and divided? Toward the end of the Old Kingdom, the government became...	400 What is explaining natural events to the people? Religion played an important part in Egyptian life by explaining what?	400 What are hieroglyphs? To keep track of the kingdom's growing wealth, ancient Egyptians began to use...	400 What is a mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals? Please give the definition of "ore"
500 What is a center for trade? Because of Nubia's location between Egypt and Central Africa it was known as what?	500 What is by maintaining absolute power? How did Egyptian rulers govern their empire?	500 What is she was regent and would not let him take over the thrown? What did Hatshepsut do to her step-son?	500 What are peasants? In ancient Egypt, most people belonged to the social class of...	500 What is Meroe became rich? What happened when Meroe took control of trade routes by using iron weapons?

Ancient Egypt

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