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1 Jeopardy Kings, Queens & Other Things A Site for Sore Eyes Whose Your Mummy? No Da Niling This Nubian Neighbors $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 Double Jeopardy

2 Kings, Queens and Other Things for $100 This smart and calculating ruler had a knack for self-promotion, but actually did a great job keeping Egypt out of war and expanding its wealth

3 $100 Answer for Kings, Queens, and Other Things Who was Hatshepsut?

4 Kings, Queens and Other Things for $200 This New Kingdom ruler was so awesome at defeating Egypt s enemies in war that a new role as a man/god was added to the job description. Big hint: This ruler s image and name appears all over Egypt!

5 $200 Answer for Kings, Queens, and Other Things Who was Ramses II (also spelled Ramesses II?

6 Kings, Queens, and Other Things for $300 The pharaohs relied heavily on this system of offices and officials to help run the businesses of the government.

7 $300 Answer for Kings, Queens, and Other Things What is bureaucracy?

8 Kings, Queens, and Other Things for $400 This nation was the not the very last one to defeat the ancient Egyptians, but they helped to begin the end to the period known as the New Kingdom. This nation was and its famous leader was.

9 $400 Answer for King, Queens, and Other Things Who was Greece and Alexander the Great?

10 Kings, Queens, and Other Things for $500 This was the strict 5-tiered social class system of ancient Egypt. (You have to name each one in the right order from highest to lowest.)

11 $500 Answer for King, Queens, and Other Things What was the Pharaoh Vizier/Nobles/Priests /(military) Scribes Merchants/artisans Farmers/servants/slaves?

12 A Site for Sore Eyes for $100 This set of three pyramids was a mathematical marvel of geometry.

13 $100 Answer for A Site for Sore Eyes What are the Pyramids of Giza?

14 A Site for Sore Eyes for $200 The hieroglyphics found here helped scholars to unlock the code to this ancient language.

15 $200 Answer for A Site for Sore Eyes What is the Rosetta Stone?

16 A Site for Sore Eyes for $300 This tool helped the Egyptians to study the stars and the passage of time in the night.

17 $300 Answer for A Site for Sore Eyes What is a merkhet?

18 A Site for Sore Eyes for $400 Largely built by the Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Ramses II, this temple has truly stood the test of time. Name the temple and what is missing from its exterior.

19 $400 Answer for A Site for Sore Eyes What is the Temple of Luxor and what is a missing obelisk?

20 A Site for Sore Eyes for $500 This was designed for an important pharaoh to guide him on his way to the afterlife, and though impressive, in reality it would never truly work. The pharaoh was and the design was

21 $500 Answer for A Site for Sore Eyes Who was Khufu and what was his enormous burial boat?

22 Whose Your Mummy for $100 This boy king became one of the most famous pharaohs simply because his remains were found all intact.

23 $100 Answer for Whose Your Mummy Who was King Tut?

24 Whose Your Mummy for $200 This priest of the jackalheaded god oversaw the embalming process

25 $200 Answer for Whose Your Mummy Who was Anubis? Take care, now sweetie, on your journey. Catch up with you later!

26 Whose Your Mummy for $300 This very swanky, alldecked out covering protected the nested coffins within

27 $300 Answer to Whose Your Mummy What is a sarcophagus?

28 Whose Your Mummy for $400 These four internal organs were carefully removed and preserved in fancy jars

29 $400 Answer for Whose Your Mummy What are the liver, stomach, intestines, and lungs stored in canopic jars?

30 Whose Your Mummy for $500 This substance ensured that a mummy would stay preserved (like beef jerky), but the entire mummification process took at least (70, 120, or 150) days.

31 $500 Answer for Whose Your Mummy What is natron and 70 days? Okay, folks, that s a wrap!

32 No Da Niling This for $100 This confusing labeling of Egypt is caused by the northern flow of the Nile River.

33 $100 Answer for No Da Niling This What is the labeling of Upper and Lower Egypt?

34 No Da Niling This for $200 These two rivers, and converge to make up the grand Nile River which empties out into

35 $200 Answer for No Da Niling This What are the White Nile and Blue Nile Rivers and what is the Mediterranean Sea?

36 No Da Niling This for $300 These rushing rapids twist and turn through large rocks and boulders in the Nile River.

37 $300 Answer for No Da Niling This What are cataracts? This is AWESOME, Will!

38 No Da Niling This for $400 This nicknamed area borders the banks of the Nile and this other nicknamed area refers to the desert area. Name the two areas.

39 $400 Answer for No Da Niling This What is the Black Land and the Red Land? Okay, no one ever said they are the most original names

40 No Da Niling This for $500 This is the reason why the Nile flows in the direction that it does.

41 $500 Answer for No Da Niling This What is gravity? (The northern section of Egypt is at a lower elevation than the rest of the region and water naturally flows from the highest to the lowest elevation.) What would Isaac Newton think? Not all rivers flow south, BUT all rivers do flow DOWNWARD. Very simple actually!

42 Nubian Neighbors for $100 Nubia is also known by. this ancient name.

43 $100 Answer for Nubian Neighbors What is Kush?

44 Nubian Neighbors for $200 These are the two natural minerals that were the most popular exports for Nubia.

45 $200 Answer for Nubian Neighbors What are gold and iron?

46 Nubian Neighbors for $300 Though a land of riches, Nubia needed to trade with Egypt primarily due to this reason.

47 $300 Answer for Nubian Neighbors What is a lack of food (grain) being produced in Nubia due to the limited fertile areas?

48 Nubia Neighbors for $400 This king adopted the role of a pharaoh and led his Nubian warriors to conquer Egypt in the mid-700s B.C.

49 $400 Answer for Key Concepts Who was King Piye (or also spelled Piankhi)?

50 Nubian Neighbors for $500 Double Jeopardy

51 $500 Answer for Nubian Neighbors What was Meroe and what was ironworking? I wonder if the ancient Nubians ever imagined that this is where their ironworking would lead to my hanging on for dear life!

52 Double Jeopardy After the Egyptians destroyed the Nubian capital city in 591 B.C., the capital was relocated to where this city became know as Africa s first center.

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