writing
pyramids
the Nile
Culture
Throw Back Thursday (early :-)
100
What kind of picture/symbol writing did the Egyptians create?
What is heiroglyphics
100
What was the name of the first Pyramid the Egyptians attempted to build
What is Step Pyramid
100
Which way does the Nile River flow?
What is south to north
100
Name one right that Egyptian women possessed.
What is to own private property, buy and sell goods, make wills, obtain divorces
100
How were Egyptian social groups divided?
What is based on wealth and power
200
Why did they create heiroglyphics
What is to keep track of government records and communicate to the Gods
200
Why was pyramid building important to the civilization of Kush
What is they served as burial tombs for their kings/queens so their bodies would not be disturbed
200
Is the Nile the longest or widest river in the world?
What is longest
200
Why was the pharaoah at the top of Egyptian society?
What is Pharaoahs held absolute power over all of the Egyptian civilization
200
Name 3 themes of geography
What is place, location, region, movement, human environment interaction
300
What was Egyptian paper made out of
What is papyrus
300
During the Old Kingdom, why were pyramids constructed?
What is to serve as a final resting place for pharaohs/nobles in the afterlife
300
Why was the Nile's flooding important to Egyptians?
What is water for irrigation, new yearly deposits of rich silt and an abundance of crops
300
Why did some Egyptians go through the long and difficult process of mummification
What is to help them successfully complete their journey to the afterlife
300
what were nomads
What is people who regularly moved from place to place
400
Who knew how to write in heiroglyphs
What is a select few men
400
what was the largest and grandest pyramid?
What is the great pyramid
400
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
What is it enabled modern cultures to read and understand Egyptian heiroglyphs.
400
Why did the Egyptian culture allow their pharaoah's to lead Egypt for life?
What is to help bring greater stability to Egyptian society and government
400
what does "domesticate animals" mean
What is to tame animals for human use such as carrying goods, pulling carts, providing milk or wool
500
What 2 types of symbols were hei4oglphys made from
What is picture and sound
500
Pyramids protected dead pharaoahs from what?
What is floods, wild animals, grave robbers
500
Name 4 reasons why the Nile was important to the Egyptians
What is water, fishing, transportation, bathing, irrigation, farming,
500
What were Egypt's 2 major kingdoms called
What is Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
500
Describe Hammurabi and what his major achievement was
What is king of babylon--hammurabi code
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