Geography
What river was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt?
What is the Nile River?
Who was at the top of the social pyramid?
Who is the Pharaoh?
What was the name for Egypt’s ruler who was seen as a god?
Who is the Pharaoh?
What writing system did Ancient Egyptians use?
What are hieroglyphics?
What two regions made up Ancient Egypt?
What are Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?
What job involved writing and keeping records?
Who are scribes?
What type of government did Ancient Egypt have?
What is a theocracy?
What did Egyptians use to measure time?
What is a calendar?
What natural feature protected Egypt from invasions from the west?
What is the desert?
Name one job a farmer might do in Ancient Egypt.
What is [farming wheat/barley, irrigation, raising animals]?
Name one famous pharaoh.
Who is [Hatshepsut, Ramses II, etc.]?
What is one medical practice or tool they developed?
[Accept answers like surgery, bandages, herbal medicine, etc.]
What is the delta region of the Nile called?
What is the Nile Delta?
What group was responsible for building many structures in Egypt?
Who are peasants or slaves?
What structure was built as tombs for pharaohs?
What are pyramids?
How did Egyptians bring water to their crops?
What is irrigation?
Explain one way the Nile River supported Egyptian civilization.
What is [accept answers like agriculture, transportation, food, etc.]?
Compare two social classes and how their lives were different.
[Accept comparative answers based on group work]
How did religion influence Egyptian government?
[Accept ideas about divine rule, gods supporting pharaohs, etc.]
Choose one achievement and explain why it was important.
[Open-ended, based on station work]