Social Classes
This group was at the top of the social pyramid.
Who are the Pharaohs?
This writing system used pictures to represent sounds and ideas.
What are hieroglyphics?
This period is known as the “Age of Pyramids.”
What is the Old Kingdom?
Egyptians used this to measure land and build structures.
What is geometry?
This river was essential to Egyptian agriculture, transportation, and daily life.
What is the Nile River?
These skilled workers built monuments and crafted goods.
Who are artisans?
This material, made from a plant, was used as a writing surface.
What is papyrus?
This massive structure was built for Pharaoh Khufu.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This calendar helped Egyptians track the flooding of the Nile.
What is the solar calendar?
These seasonal events deposited fertile silt, making farming possible.
What are the Nile floods?
These people were responsible for writing and record-keeping.
Who are scribes?
This artifact helped scholars decode Egyptian writing.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
These officials helped the Pharaoh govern and collect taxes.
What are viziers?
Egyptians used this to treat injuries and perform surgeries.
What is medical knowledge?
This direction is unique to the Nile’s flow.
What is south to north.
These laborers worked the land and served in the army.
Who are peasants?
Used to record taxes, laws, and religious texts.
What are scribes.
This practice preserved bodies for the afterlife and began in this era.
What is mummification?
This mathematical concept helped them calculate volume and area.
What is arithmetic?
This triangular region at the mouth of the Nile was a hub of trade and farming.
What is the Nile Delta?
These individuals were at the bottom of the social hierarchy and often worked in harsh conditions.
What are slaves.
In Egyptian hieroglyphics, this type of symbol represents an idea.
What is an ideogram?
This capital city was the political center during the Old Kingdom.
What is Memphis?
Egyptians used this tool to align pyramids and temples with celestial bodies.
What is astronomy?
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River.