Ancient Egypt Jeopardy

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The term for the wrapped remains of a dead Egyptian.

What is a mummy?

Where pharaoh’s body placed for burial

What is a tomb?

The term for the jars where body organs were placed

What are canopic jars?

The term to explain why a pharaoh’s mummified body

was placed in a tomb

What is an afterlife?

Some of the pharaohs believed they were one of these.

What is a god?

Pyramids were made of millions of these.

What were large stone blocks?

The term for what was painted in the tomb to show pharaoh’s deeds.

What were murals or reliefs?

The term used for decorations in pharaoh’s tomb.

What were paintings and hieroglyphics?

The term for what the homes of most Egyptians made of.

What were mud bricks?

The term used to name groups of related pharaohs

What is a dynasty?

The writings used by the Egyptians

What were hieroglyphics?

The term used to name a person who ruled for a child–king

What is a regent?

The term used to name a skilled craftsman.

What is an artisan?

The paper made by Egyptians

What is papyrus?

The 3 jobs most people in Egypt made a living by

What is a laborer, soldier and farmer?

The term used to name the waterfalls in Egypt

What is a cataract?

The 2 lands that were united to make Egypt

What is Upper and Lower Egypt?

The direction in whichthe Nile River flows

What is north?

The body of water into Which the Nile River flows

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

Egypt is on this continent

What is Africa?

The child king whose tomb was found with treasure

Who is King Tut?

The woman who ruled as regent and pharaoh?

Who is Hatshepsut?

The first ruler of Egypt according to legend?

Who was Menes?

The name one of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs

Who was Ramses?

The weapon of war that madePharaoh’s army strong

What was the chariot?