Writing
Egyptian Life
Children
Vocabulary
Poetry
100

This is the earliest form of Egyptian writing that uses pictures instead of words.

What is hieroglyphics?

100
A traditional skirt worn by men, this was the most basic form of dress in early Egypt.

What is a kilt?

100

This is a code of polite behavior in society that Egyptian children were taught at a young age

What is etiquette?

100

This is a term that means "attractive, but unusual or old-fashioned."

What is quaint?
100

This was the name for the story of a peasant who used perfect speech to protest the unjust taking of his donkey

What is "The Eloquent Peasant?"

200

This was a person copied documents and kept records

What was a scribe?

200

This was a low, flat ship with many oars on it that the Egyptians used to trade and travel.

What is a galley?

200

This is the study of the stars that some Egyptian boys who were training to be priests learned. 

What is astronomy?

200

This word is the name for a large beetle regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt

What is a scarab?

200

This was the name of the young man in our textbook who travelled to Thebes and traded with the Egyptians for various gifts for his family?

Who was Hiram?

300
This was a plant that was turned into the earliest type of paper for writing. It grows on the Nile.

What is papyrus?

300

This was a country in Africa that Egyptians traded with. They brought myrrh trees, incense, ivory, ebony, gold, and animal skins from this land.

What is Punt?

300

This is a term for a belt or cord worn around the waist that babies had. 

What is a girdle?

300

This term means "roof made of straw or leaves"

What is thatch?

300

This is the name for a very long scroll of papyrus that tells the story of the journey into the afterlife

What is "The Book of the Dead?"

400

This stone had Ancient Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and demotic script on it, which gave us the ability to decipher hieroglyphics.

What is the Rosetta Stone?

400

This part of the city of Thebes was on the west side of the Nile, and had all of the tombs and temples, while the east side of the Nile had all of the bustling markets and housing. 

What was the City of the Dead?

400

This city, which in Greek means "Sun City," was known for being a famous Egyptian school for astronomy. 

What was Heliopolis?

400

This vocabulary term is an adjective that means "green with grass or other vegetation."

What is "verdant?"

400

What is the moral of the Egyptian fable of the man, his son, and the donkey?

What is "try to please everyone and you will please none?"

500

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This is the script that was the transition between hieroglyphics and demotic script

What is hieratic script?

500

This is the Egyptian word for a black powder used for eye makeup.

What is kohl?

500

For very naughty boys, one punishment was to be locked up for a long time in this building.

What is a temple?

500

This term describes the limit of a person's experience or interest

What is a horizon?

500

This is the name of the queen who commissioned a story about the explorations of Punt

Who was Queen Hatshepsut?

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