Rivers
Rulers
Technology
Art
Grab Bag
100
This African river supported the development of human civilization in Egypt.
What is the Nile?
100
The first great woman recorded in history.
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
100
Ancient Egyptians used this to lift water from the canal to water their crops.
What is a shaduf?
100
The god of the afterlife, used in Ancient Egyptian art. He is usually depicted holding the symbols for royalty and power.
Who is Osiris?
100
Temples in Egypt were built as:
What are houses for the gods?
200
A reason why the Nile's annual flooding was important to the people of Egypt.
What is the Egyptians used it to measure time?
200
Egyptian kings were commonly known as:
What are pharaohs?
200
This Sumerian invention was used by the Egyptians to get water from the river to their fields after flood season.
What is irrigation?
200
Most paintings and murals inside the tombs of the ancient Egyptians are pictures of:
What is everyday life?
200
Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods. This religious belief would best be described as:
What is polytheistic?
300
The river that flows out of the Himalayas and allowed civilizations to be established near Pakistan.
What is the Indus River?
300
Reason why pharaohs were the rulers of Egypt.
What is they were believed to be gods?
300
This skill was the most critical in the building of the pyramids in ancient Egypt.
What is stonemasonry?
300
Most of these gods were depicted with animal heads.
What are the Egyptian gods?
300
The purpose of Egyptian tomb art for the person who inhabited the tomb was to provide them with this:
What is an afterlife?
400
Which two rivers were located in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
400
The resting place after the death of a pharaoh.
What is a pyramid?
400
This material was used for writing and painting by the ancient Egyptians.
What is papyrus?
400
Only some of these gods were represented with animal heads.
What are the Mesopotamian gods?
400
The two most important items the Sumerians invented to help them transport goods between the trading cities of Mesopotamia.
What are the wheel and the sailboat?
500
The main reason why the Nile River was so important to the Egyptian civilization.
What is it fertilized the land every year?
500
Egyptians believed that kings were primarily responsible for this:
What is to ensure the well-being of Egypt?
500
The most important agricultural and technological invention the Sumerians developed to help them break through the ground when it was flood season.
What is the plow?
500
The central theme of Egyptian art and architecture is:
What is religion?
500
In Egyptian art, animal heads on humans represented this:
What is a god or person with supernatural qualities?
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