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Vocabulary
100

Egyptians made important advances in mathematics.  They used THIS TYPE of math to measure and survey their lands. 

What is Geometry?

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 an accurate 365 day calendar with this many months

What is twelve (12)?

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 and/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 a geographic formation where the Nile River
meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta (or river delta)?
300

Type of government ruled by a king or queen

What is monarchy?

300
These are wild, dangerous rapids located in the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
400

Egyptians relied on the flooding of the Nile for the crops.  The Egyptian calendar was divided into HOW MANY seasons?  NAME THEM!

What is THREE?  

The flooding, the planting and the harvesting 

400

Ancient Egyptians were very good with medicine and science.  They grew skilled at sewing up cuts and setting broken bones.  

This way of preserving their dead is one example of

their skills.

What is mummification or embalming.

400

This extreme geographic land form is to the west of Egypt.

What is the Desert? 

400

He united Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BC

Who is Menes or Narmer?

400
There are many of these massive
constructions throughout Egypt.
What are pyramids?
500

In addition to whole numbers, Egyptians also used these especially when doing calculations involving building and surveying their lands.

What are fractions?

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
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
500

Three periods in Ancient Egyptian history.

What are the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms?

500

A person who has learned to write in order to keep records.

What is a scribe?

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