Questions
Questions
Questions
Questions
Questions
100
Who was the first woman to rule Egypt?
Queen Hatshepsut was the first female ruler.
100
Scientists who provide data to study human evolution.
Archeologists
100
The three most important time periods in Ancient Egypt are called:
Old kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom
100
What rights did women have in Ancient Egypt?
Women in Egypt had rights and freedom than women in many ancient lands. In Egypt, women were respected as wives and mothers. Women could own property, testify (speak) in court, and divorce their husbands. Some women became government officials.
100
Scientists who study primary and secondary sources
Historians
200
The scientists who study how earthquakes, volcanoes, and soil erosion affect all of us.
Geologists
200
Hieroglyphics are......
The Ancient Egyptian system of writing that used symbols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds.
200
Early man that survived by hunting wild animals and gathering plants and berries
Hunter-gatherers
200
The Egyptians made papyrus out of a plant called?
Reed
200
.................. :means the head of Egypt's government.
Pharoah
300
The greatest pyramid of Giza that was made for an important pharaoh called ..........
Cheops
300
A pharaoh named ............... ended a rebellion in Ancient Egypt and began the Middle kingdom.
Amenemhet
300
How long the Old kingdom lasted?
500 years
300
A way of life where people are permanently settle in one place.
Sedentary
300
They are the highest officers:
Viziers
400
Fossils are ..................
remains of plant or animals in past ages
400
What are the two main reasons for the success and stability of the civilization?
1- Nile River 2- Rule of the Pharoah
400
How did natural barrier help to protect Ancient Egypt from invaders?
Natural barriers protected Egypt from invaders. Deserts and mountains surrounded Egypt on three sides and the Mediterranean Sea protected Egypt to the north.
400
Ancient Egypt was known as the "gift of the Nile" because the Nile River was important as it helped Egyptians to :
1. Produce variety of crops. 2. Used as a transportation mean 3. Help in trading goods 4. It provides people with water 5. It provides people with food to eat 6. Activities were practices along the river banks.
400
Ancient Egyptians used to write on .......... or ............ before learning a writing material called papyrus.
wood or stone
500
I study written events in time to learn about ancient times, who am I?
Historians
500
What do pharaohs mean to Ancient Egyptians?
Pharaoh means the head of Egypt’s government.The pharaoh was an absolute ruler. (That means the pharaoh had absolute, or total power.) Egyptians worshiped the pharaoh as a god. They obeyed the pharaoh's commands without question. The pharaoh appointed (chose) officials to help run the government. The highest officials were, called “viziers”. Under the viziers were thousands of lower officials, such as governors, mayors, judges, and tax collectors. The pharaoh was seen as a connection between the world of the gods and the world of humans. The Egyptians thought that their pharaoh was almost superhuman and could control rainfall, flooding, crop growth, and also the health of the people. Because of this, they gave him their highest respect and honored him as if he were a god.
500
Who are the Hyksos? How Egyptians defeated them?
The Hyksos are invaders from Asia who attacked Egypt. The Hyksos easily conquered the Egyptians as they had chariots and bronze weapons, which the Egyptians did not have. After a hundred years of the Hyksos rule, the Egyptians learned to use the chariots and bronze weapons. An Egyptian pharaoh named Ahmose led a rebellion against the Hyksos. The Egyptians drove the Hyksos from Egypt and that victory began the period called the N?ew Kingdom.
500
Ancient Greek name meaning the land "between the rivers". It is the first civilization. It emerged 7000 years ago. It was the name of the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers (Iraq).
Mesopotamia
500
What is the social class that made up most of the Ancient Egyptians population? Describe their lifestyle.
The lower class (peasants group) made up most of Egypt's population. The members of this group were mainly farmers and slaves. They served in the military, did farm work, dug irrigation canals, and built the pyramids and temples. People in the lower class had harder lives than the middle and the upper class. They lived in small, mud brick houses with one or two rooms. They spent most of their day working in the fields or in the homes of the rich.
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