Society & Culture
This person can be found at the top of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who is the pharaoh?
This item is what ancient Egyptians used to write upon.
What is papyrus?
The longest river in the world.
What is the Nile (River)?
The head of the ancient Egyptian government was called this.
What is pharaoh?
A system in which people belong to social classes of different ranks.
What is a hierarchy?
Ancient Egyptian religion is this type.
What is polytheistic or polytheism?
Ancient Egyptians used this to communicate on papyrus.
What is hieroglyphics or hieroglyphs?
(either of these answers are correct)
This large body of water is to the north of Egypt and provided protection from that direction.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The pharaoh required all other people to see the ruler as one of these.
What is a god?
What is barter?
The job that required 5 years of intense training and were skilled in all areas of mathematics, reading, writing, engineering, and more.
What is a scribe?
This is one of the mathematical innovations of the ancient Egyptians still in use today.
What is the 365 day calendar, 24-hour days, 12-month years, decimal counting system, fractions, and geometry?
(any of these answers are correct)
What is the Nile Delta or river delta?
(either of these answers are correct)
What pharaoh created the first known peace treaty (with the Hittites)?
Who is Ramses II?
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Farmers used this annual occurrence to help them grow their produce.
What is the annual flooding of the Nile River?
Ancient Egyptians were very good with medicine and science. The means of preserving their dead is one example of their skills.
What is mummification or embalming?
(either of these answers are correct)
These river rapids can be found along the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
This woman was the last ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Cleopatra?
An area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water.
What is a delta?
In addition to the annual flooding of the Nile River, ancient and modern Egyptian farmers still use this technology in their farming.
What is irrigation?
This mathematical formula helped architects achieve the most pleasing proportions and is still used today.
What is the Golden Ratio?
Productive agriculture was made possible due to the annual flooding of the Nile which left behind what natural resource?
What is rich, fertile soil or silt?
(either answer is correct)
Ancient Egyptian government was successful and grew through these two areas.
What is trade and expansion?
A chief official in ancient Egypt who carried out much of the day-to-day work of governing.
What is a vizier?