Pharaohs/Government
What is a Pharaoh?
What is the role of a scribe?
These people were in charge/specifically trained to write and keep records in ANcient Egypt
What was the name of the Egyptians religion and what did it mean?
They were polytheistic, meaning they believed in many gods.
What were canals used for?
It was an agricultural technique used for an irrigation system to bring water to drier areas.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
Who was the Egyptian government run by?
The Pharaoh was in charge of everything: your house, your food, your clothes, everything.
What is an artisan?
True or False - The Egyptians worshiped over 2,000 gods
True
What was the writing system used in ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphs, these were pictures that stood for sounds and words.
Give me a drink, and I will die. Feed me, and I'll get bigger. What am I?
A fire.
The title for the second in command to the Pharaoh
The vizier
What social group did the majority of the population fall into?
The lower classes: farmers, laborers, and slaves.
What was mummification?
This was the procses of preserving dead bodies to thrive in the afterlife, the mummy would be placed in a tomb with everyday objects that the person would be able to use in the afterlife.
What was a shaduf?
It was a method to lift the water, consisting of a bucket and a stick/lever.
Which question can you never answer "yes" to?
"Are you asleep?"
What were the 3 kingdoms of Ancient Egypt?
True or False - men and women were treated fairly equally in Ancient Egypt
bonus 100 points - what was a womans role during this time?
True! Egypt was a very good place for a women to be at the time. They were able to have their own freedoms such as owning property.
bonus - Women would take care of their kids and homes, but they also had other jobs such as making clothing
Matching:
1) Re A) God who judged souls
2) Anubis B) Sun god
3) Osiris C) God of death
1 - B
2 - C
3 - A
What did they develop using the sun's position?
The first calendar.
In a one-story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was orange, the living room was red, the garage was blue, the entry hall was green, and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?
There’s no color because there are no stairs — it’s a one-story house.
What Pharaoh ruled for over 60 years and was considered one of the most powerful Pharaohs?
Ramses II
List the following roles in order of the social pyramid from highest to lowest: Priests/Nobles, Laborers/Slaves, Farmers, Scribes/Government Officials, Craftspeople/Merchants, and Pharaoh
Pharaoh
Priests/Nobles
Scribes/Government Officials
Craftspeople/Merchants
Farmers
Laborers/Slaves
What was the Book of the Dead?
It contained hundreds of spells that Egyptians believed would help bring them to the afterlife.
What were Egyptian doctors able to achieve by dealing with a lot of dead bodies?
The world's first surgeries.
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter “R.”