Vocabulary
This word means long, long ago.
Ancient.
This river is the longest river in the world.
The Nile.
This was made out of papyrus and the Ancient Egyptians used to write on this.
Paper made from papyrus.
Scribes were mostly boys or girls?
Boys.
Who were buried in pyramids?
Pharaohs.
This word means the design of buildings.
Architecture.
True or False: The Nile floods each year.
True!
This invention we use everyday to tell the date.
Calendar.
True or False? Many people knew how to write hieroglyphics.
False. Only those who were highly trained knew how to write hieroglyphics.
Which pharaoh became a pharaoh at age 9?
King Tut.
This word means king.
Pharaoh.
The Egyptians ______ the land to make sure their crops had enough water.
Irrigate.
This is one of the inventions we still use today. We use it to keep track of what time of day it is.
Clock (Water clock)
These were symbols that the Egyptians used to write with.
Hieroglyphics.
What is the climate of Egypt?
Hot and dry
This word means a place of burial.
A tomb.
True or False: The Nile River was also used for transportation.
True.
True or False? The Egyptians calendar had 365 days?
True, just like the one we use today.
True or False: Writing in Hieroglyphics is hard and takes a lot of time.
True.
This is the statue that is half lion and half pharaoh.
The Sphinx.
What is it called when digging ditches, using buckets to water crops?
Irrigation
What continent is the Nile River in?
Africa.
These were built by hand with no machines. Pharaohs were buried in them.
Pyramids.
Scribes used ____ paper to write on.
Papyrus.
It took a lot of work to build this type of architecture.
Pyramids.