Society and Culture
Technology
Geography
Government
Vocabulary
100
This person can be found at the top of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who is the pharaoh?
100
This item is what ancient Egyptians used to write upon.
What is papyrus?
100
The longest river in the world
What is The Nile?
100
The head of the ancient Egyptian government was called this.
What is pharaoh?
100
This invention helped farmers with irrigation
What is a shadoof?
200
Ancient Egyptian religion is this type.
What is polytheistic or polytheism?
200
Ancient Egyptians used this to communicate on papyrus.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
This large body of water is to the north of Egypt
and provided protection from that direction.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
The pharaoh required all other people
to see the ruler as one of these.
What is a god?
200
A line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
300

These are the people at the bottom of the social pyramid in ancient Egypt.

Who were unskilled workers or slaves?

300
In addition to making paper, papyrus was also used in this manner.
What is making sandals, baskets, and rafts.
*If you named one of these items, you get the points.
300

This is sea is East of Egypt

What is the Red Sea?

300
One of the two types of governments
that made up the blended ancient Egyptian government.
What is monarchy or theocracy?
300

The Pharaohs tried to hide their tombs from these people.

Who are grave robbers?

400
Farmers used this annual occurrence to help them grow their produce.
What is the annual flooding of the Nile River?
400
Ancient Egyptians were very good with medicine and science.
This means of preserving their dead is one example of
their skills.
What is mummification or embalming.
400

This why the Nile River was important to the society. Give two examples.

What is transportation?

What is trade?

What is a surplus of food?

400
This woman was the last ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Cleopatra?
400
There are many of these massive
constructions throughout Egypt.
What are pyramids?
500
In addition to the annual flooding of the Nile River,
ancient and modern Egyptian farmers still use this
technology in their farming.
What is irrigation?
500
This is one of the mathematical innovations
of the ancient Egyptians still in use today.
What is the 365 day calendar
... or... the base 10 number system?

(Either answer works, you should know both!)

Our textbook also mentions geometry.
500

This is how the Nile River was different than the Tigris and Euphrates River

What is predictable?

500
Modern Egyptian form of government.
What is a democracy?
500

Another word for trade

What is the bartering?

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