All Pyramids
The Great Pyramid
Building a Pyramid
Vocabulary
Fun Facts
100
True or False: It was the poor and regular man or woman who had a pyramid built for them.
What is false. It was Egypt's most rich and famous who had a pyramid built for them.
100
What pharaoh was the Great Pyramid built for and in what year?
What is pharaoh Khufu, in 2600 B.C.
100
How many years did it take to build the Great Pyramid?
What is around 20 years.
100
This is a form of writing composed of symbols representing either words or sounds.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
Fill in the blank: A Pharaoh never let his _______ be seen.
What is hair. A pharaoh never let his hair be seen. He would always wear a crown or headdress called a nemes.
200
What is the purpose of a pyramid?
What is to serve as a tomb or final resting place.
200
How many stones were required to complete the Great Pyramid? How many people were needed to drag a single stone into place?
What is over 2 million stones were needed. 20 to 50 people were needed to drag each stone in place.
200
What did the laborers use to make it easier to move the heavy stones?
What is the they were placed on wooden sleds that were pulled through canals of water leading to the building.
200
This is the longest river in the world, flowing northward 4,160 miles through northeast Africa into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
200
Fill in the blank: Both Egyptain men and women wore _______ . They believed wearing this provided protection from the sun.
What is makeup. The Egyptians believed that the makeup had healing power. Eye paint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead).
300
Approximately how many pyramids are in Egypt?
What is eighty pyramids.
300
True or False: The square-shaped based of the pyramid was perfectly proportioned.
What is false. The base missed being perfectly proportioned by just a few inches!
300
Name two of the rooms commonly found in a pharaoh's pyramid.
What is the queen's chamber, king's chamber, grand gallery, etc.
300
This is the name for rulers who ruled the ancient Egyptian empire.
What is pharaohs?
300
Fill in the blank: Egyptian's believed that the earth was ______ and _______ (like a pancake) and that the Nile flowed through the center of it.
What is flat and round.
400
What were the first tombs called and how are they different from regular pyramids?
What is mastabas. Mastabas were smaller than pyramids and less elaborate. The were square stone buildings large enough for the coffin, mummy, and special objects intended for the pharaoh to use in the afterlife.
400
What made the pyramid gleam like a mirror in the bright desert sun?
What is limestone.
400
What was the mystery regarding Pharaoh Khufu and his pyramid?
What is someone broke into Khufu's king chamber and found a stone coffin. Was Khufu ever buried there?
400
This is the name for rulers who ruled the ancient Egyptian empires.
What is pharaoh?
400
What is the only organ that was not removed during the process of mummification?
What is the heart because the Egyptians considered it to be the seat of the soul.
500
Why were the burial chambers buried deep in the pyramid and often accessible only through a secret pathway?
What is because there were grave robbers who like to steal the treasures and riches often buried with the rich pharaohs.
500
What is the evidence that some laborers named themselves and competed against each other to get the stones in place? Give an example.
What is there was hieroglyph graffiti on some stones that proudly proclaimed named like "The Victorius Gang" or the "This Side Up!"
500
Who typically built the pyramids? How is this group different from who was once thought to have built the pyramids?
What is farmers typically were drafted to build the pyramids for months at a time. However, it was typically thought harshly treated slaves built the pyramids.
500
This is a reed growing along the Nile that was made into a writing surface that was used before paper came about.
What is papyrus?
500
What did the ancient Egyptians call the star grouping we call the Big Dipper?
What is The Hippopotamus.
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