Society and Culture
This is the longest river in the world.
What is The Nile River?
This is the belief that one’s soul or spirit continues after death.
What is the afterlife?
Ancient Egyptians used this type of writing to communicate.
What is hieroglyphics?
This large body of water is to the north of Egypt and provided protection from that direction.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Besides a rule, the pharaoh was also seen as one of these.
What is a god?
Something that is held to be true, a strong opinion
What is a belief?
These are the people at the bottom of the social pyramid in ancient Egypt.
Who were enslaved people?
In addition to making paper, papyrus was also used to create what other items?
What is making sandals, baskets, and rafts?
*If you named one of these items, you get the points.
This is a geographic formation (shaped like a triangle) where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta (or river delta)?
One of the two types of governments that made up the blended ancient Egyptian government.
What is monarchy?
Something that has been achieved, often through effort.
What is an achievement?
Farmers used this annual occurrence of the Nile to help them grow their crops.
What is the annual flooding of the Nile River?
Ancient Egyptians were very good with medicine and science.
This way of preserving their dead is one example of their skills.
What is mummification or embalming?
This extreme geographic landform is to the west of Egypt.
What is the Sahara Desert?
These were massive constructions used as tombs.
What are pyramids?
This is one of the mathematical innovations of the ancient Egyptians still in use today.
What is the 365-day calendar
... or... the base 10 number system?
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
A system in which some individuals or groups of people are ranked above others (individuals or groups are not
viewed as equal).
What is Social Hierarchy?