JEOPARDY REVIEW GAME

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JEOPARDY REVIEW GAME
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Chapter 7
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Topic 1 100

• Explain why the first Egyptian pyramids looked
  like Summerian ziggurats.

ANSWER The architect of King Zosers tomb built a
mastaba and changed his mind. He then had other
mastabas built on top of it with each one
smaller than the one under it.
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Topic 1 200

• How did the Rosetta Stone get its name?

• ANSWER
• It was discovered near the city of Rosetta in the
  Nile Delta

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Topic 1 300

• How did the Rosetta Stone help to decode
  hieroglyphics?

• ANSWER
• There was a message written in Greek and
  Egyptian. No one understood hieroglyphics but
  they could use the Greek, which they did
  understand, to translate the message and thus
  understand hieroglyphics

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Topic 1 400

• ANSWER
• Understanding hieroglyphics allowed people to
  read all the Egyptian history that had been
  recorded.

• Why was it important to be able to translate
  hieroglyphics?

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Topic 2 100

• ANSWER
• The priests wanted a king they could control so
  they could bring back worship of many gods.

• Explain why Tutankhamen was chosen to be king
  when he was only 9 years old.

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Topic 2 200

• ANSWER
• Pharoah
• Nobles and priests
• Craftworkers, merchants and scribes
• Farmers
• Slaves

• List the classes in Egyptian society in order
  from most powerful to least powerful

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Topic 2 300

• What new class develop during the middle kingdom
  and what new rights did they have.

• ANSWER
• The middle class developed and they had the
  right to own land

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Topic 2 400

• Who were the Hyksos?

• ANSWER
• They were kings that came from Western Europe and
  ruled Egypt for about 100 years

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Topic 3 100

• How were stones lifted to build the largest
  pyramids?

• ANSWER
• The stones were pulled up ramps

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Topic 3 200

• Before the middle kingdom there were only 2
  classes in Egyptian society. Name these 2
  classes.

• ANSWER
• Nobles and peasants

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Topic 3 300

• ANSWER
• The right to own personal items
• The right to hold government jobs
• The right to earn their freedom

• List 3 rights that Egyptian slaves had that
  slaves in other societies did not usually have.

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Topic 3 400

• ANSWER
• He urged the Egyptian people to worship only one
  god, Aton

• What change did Amenhotep IV bring that the
  priests and people did not like?

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Topic 4 100

• ANSWER
• The pharoah at that time conquered Nubia, a land
  to the south of Egypt, and led armies north into
  the Fertile Crescent area to protect trade
  routes.

• How did Egypt become an empire during the middle
  kingdom?

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Topic 4 200

• What 3 things about Egyptian society stayed the
  same through all the kingdoms?

• ANSWER
• 1. The pharaoh had total authority over as head
  of the government
• 2. The society was divided into classes
• 3. The Egyptians worshiped gods and believed in
  afterlife

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Topic 4 300

• ANSWER
• 1. There was a brief period when only one god
  was worshiped
• 2. There was a new class, the middle class, with
  the right to own land
• 3. Egypt became an empire

• What changed in Egyptian society especially
  during the Middle and New Kingdoms?

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TOPIC 4 400

• Name the class that matches each description.
• They owned most of the farmland
• They provided most of the food and were forced to
  build monuments
• Mainly prisoners of war
• Provided goods and services

• ANSWER
• Nobles and priests
• Farmers
• Slaves
• Craft workers, merchants, scribes