Society and Culture
This item is what ancient Egyptians used to write upon.
What is papyrus?
The head of the ancient Egyptian government was called this.
What is pharaoh?
The buying and selling of goods and services.
What is commerce?
Ancient Egyptians used this to communicate on papyrus.
What is hieroglyphics?
This large body of water is to the north of Egypt
and provided protection from that direction.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The pharaoh required all other people
to see the ruler as one of these.
What is a god?
A dependence by each country on each other.
What is Interdependence?
These are the people at the bottom of the social pyramid in ancient Egypt.
Who were slaves?
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.
This is a geographic formation where the Nile River
meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta (or river delta)?
The description of the blended goverment based on religion.
What is theocracy?
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.
This land is known for its rich, dark soil, located in Lower Egypt
What is the Black Lands
This woman was the last ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Cleopatra?
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?
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.
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
The ruling family of a government, usually where control is passed down through family members.
What is dynasty
An area of sediement -soil or minerals carried by water-deposited at the mouth of the river.
What is a delta?