Egypt (Random)
The "great house".
What does a Pharoah mean in Egypt?
Only the pharaohs could enjoy the afterlife. The Pharaoh's soul resided in his body and had to be protected so it could complete its journey to the afterlife.
Who could enjoy the afterlife in ancient Egypt?
What Irrigation achievements did the Egyptians make?
What are canals, dikes, damns
BONUS round: The culture and way of life of a group of people.
What is a civilisation?
Egypt traded with Mesopotamia Mediterranean Sea, and Red Sea, Nubia.
Who did Ancient Egypt trade with?
Who was at the top of the Egyptian Social Structure?
Pharaoh and Priests
A system of writing that uses pictures/symbols to represent animals, objects and people instead of words. The word hieroglyph means “holy carving.” The Egyptians used hieroglyphs on their temple walls and public monuments.
What are hieroglyphics?
What did Egyptians believe the Pharaoh was?
A god on Earth, Son of Ra
A four-sided pillar to tell time.
What is an obelisk?
Who ruled Egypt and what did they believe he was
Pharaoh; they believed he was a God.
What did most Egyptians do for work?
Farmers
What shape does the social structure of Egypt make?
A triangle/pyramid with the powerful people being very few at the top and the bottom being farmers and unskilled worker and making up most of the Egyptians.
The process of preserving a dead body so that the deceased would not decay in their tombs. This process typically took 70 days!
What is mummification?
Egyptians were polytheistic. What does that mean?
They had many deities or gods
What achievements did they make in language and paper?
Hieroglyphics and Papyrus
To uncover something by carefully removing the earth that covers it.
What is excavation?
What did Ancient Egypt grow?
Egyptians grew barley, wheat, and flax
Who was in the middle of the social structure of Egypt?
Merchants, Traders and artisans?
What is a Papyrus plant?
Egyptian god of the afterlife or underworld
Who is Osiris?
What medical advancements did Egyptians make?
Surgery & Embalming
A person who studies ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture or art.
What is an Egyptologist?
Lapis Lazuli and Cedar Wood were some goods the Ancient Egyptians obtained from trading.
What were some goods the Egyptians obtained from trading expeditions?
Who was at the bottom of the social structure of Egypt?
Farmers and unskilled workers
In ancient Egypt, this creature was a spiritual guardian created to guard the pyramids. It has a lion's body and a human head.
What is a Sphinx?
Ra
What was the name of the Egyptian sun god?
fractions, geometry, volume, angles
What Math Achievements did they make?
People who break into tombs to steal valuable items of the dead. e.g. gold/jewellery/jewels
Egyptians bartered with other civilizations in Africa for things such as timber, leopard skins, ivory and exotic animals. What are these items called in an economy?
Imports
What does it mean when we say Egyptians did not have social mobility (clue: social movement)?
This means that Egyptians could not move from farmers to scribes or merchants to Kings. They were stuck in the class structure they were born into.