Which Pharaoh ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid?
Khufu
100
What did Egyptian farmers use irrigation for?
to water their crops
100
What did hieroglyphics help Egyptian scribes keep records of?
taxes
100
In ancient Egypt who owned most of the land and farms?
government officials
100
Who is at the top and the bottom of the ancient Egyptian social Pyramid?
The pharaoh is at the top of the social pyramid and the slaves are at the bottom.
200
Which pharaoh ruled as a wealthy young pharaoh from about age 9 to 19?
Tutankhamun
200
Why was the best farmland found along the Nile River and Nile Delta of Lower Egypt?
The river brings down silt to fertilize the land
200
In which government project, that caused the local governors to rally against the pharaoh, were hieroglyphics used to make calculations.
The building of the Great Pyramids.
200
The Middle Kingdom, when Hatshepsut was pharaoh, is best described as a time when Egypt ____________ .
increased contact with other cultures
200
What social classes exist in the United States?
Lower, Middle, and Upper class
300
Which pharaoh organized a two-year expedition to Punt, expanding trade beyond the Egyptian empire?
Hatshepsut
300
What other benefits other than farming did the Nile River offer to ancient Egypt?
A means for travel and trade.
300
How did hieroglyphics make communication more efficient?
Hieroglyphics made communication over long distances possible.
300
In Egypt's Old Kingdom what did craft workers and artists receive in return for the objects they made for the pharaohs?
clothes and food
300
Who makes up the largest class in the ancient Egyptian social pyramid and who makes up the largest class in the United States social pyramid?
slaves and middle class
400
Which pharaoh unified Egypt by overthrowing the king of Lower Egypt and became the first pharaoh?
Menes
400
Where was the best farmland found along the Nile River?
In the Nile Delta.
400
Hieroglyphics were written by scribes on which reed plant that grew along the Nile River.
Papyrus
400
What was the role of governors in Ancient Egypt?
Distributed flood waters fairly among farmers, collecting taxes, and served as local judges
400
How was your class determined in ancient Egypt? How is your class determined in the United States?
In ancient Egypt it was determined by how much power you had to rule over others. In the United States it is determined according to income, how much money you make.
500
Which pharaoh studied the Hyksos and used their weapons to drive them back out of Lower Egypt?
Ahmose
500
In which cardinal direction does the Nile River flow? Why does it flow in this direction?
North, because the river begins in the mountains and flows to a lower elevation as it approaches the Mediterranean Sea.
500
Hieroglyphics aided in the development of which time recording system?
yearly calendar with 12 months and 365 days
500
What type of government did ancient Egypt have?
Theocracy
500
How is the ancient Egyptian social pyramid similar to the United States social pyramid?
The lower class in the United States and slaves in Ancient Egypt did much of the hardest and dirtiest work.