general knowledge
general knowledge 2
ancient egypt
E. social pyramid
100

a plant that is a symbol of ancient egypt and it was used to make boxes, baskets, sandails,ropes and boats.

papyrus

100

a fairy tale that was already popular in Egypt

cinderella

100

the period the pyramids were built

in the old kingdom and the 1st intermediate period

100

they were responsible for different fields of the government and took care of the storage of grains:

a: overseers, b:scribes, c: sculptures

a: overseers

200

they used it as a sweetener

honey

200

egyptians favorite pet

cat

200

was the great sphinx a pyramid? Describe it

no, it was not. it was a sculpture that had the body of a lion and the head of a person

200

they were assisted by the overseers and were the pharaoh's top assistants

a: scribes, b:viziers, c:nomarchs

b: viziers

300

the first capital of Ancient Egypt

Memphis

300

the name of the process of preserving a body after death

mummification

300

the kind of calendar egyptians created

the 365-daay solar calendar

300

they were trained in writing and keeping records, they could also have further training and become other kind of professionals

a: laborers, b: artisans, c: scribes

c:scribes

400

a kind of writing egyptians used 

hieroglyphics

400

the way Cleopatra killed herself

putting her hand into a basket full of poisonous snakes 

400

the first female pharaoh

Hatshepsut

400

they were painters, sculptors, goldsmiths, potters and were right below the professionals:


a: doctors,  b: artisans, c: high raking state officials

b: artisans

500

the desert that runs across North Africa

The Sahara Desert

500

the pyramids were used for...

as tombs for the dead pharaohs

500

put the right verb in the following sentence: Egyptians went back to their old religion and _____ many gods and goddesses;

worshipped

500

they were peasants, miners, water carriers and were at the base of the egyptian social pyramid

a: laborers, b: nomarchs, c: viziers

a: laborers