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Social Structure
Family Life
Language
Education
Leaders
100
How many social classes were there?
What is four?
100
Who was given the title to their parents land if their parents died?
Who is the son.
100
How long was the ancient Egyptian language spoke for?
What is 5000 years.
100
Where were most children taught and by who?
What is at home with their mother.
100
Who was considered the most important member of ancien Egyptian society?
Who is the pharaoh.
200
After the pharaoh who was in the next highest class?
What is nobles and/or high priests?
200
When a pet cat died, the famil would do this as a sign of mourning.
What is shave their eyebrows.
200
What language is spoken today in Egypt?
What is Arabic.
200
Name three skills girls learned.
What are music, dance, weaving, cooking, and spinning.
200
What does a "regent" pharaoh mean? (another word)
What is a "substitute" pharaoh.
300
Who was not considered part of the social structure?
Who are slaves.
300
A husband provided a home and agreed upon what for his wife?
What is an allowance.
300
What was a cartouche and what was on it?
What is an oval frame inside of which the names of pharaohs were written
300
Name two things boys may have learned.
What are farming skills or a craft.
300
Name one thing Queen Hatshepsut did as ruler.
What is increased trade with other countries and sponsored a famous expedition to lands south of Egypt.
400
What did "pharaoh" mean?
What is "great house".
400
Women in ancient Egypt had greater freedom than other ancient cultures. Give two examples.
What is own property, testify in court, bring charges against men and work outside of the home.
400
Which form of writing did scribes often use instead of hieroglyphs?
What is script.
400
What is the name of the stone slab dug up in Egypt in 1799?
What is the Rosetta Stone.
400
Which Queen was Pharaoh Akhenaten married to?
Who is Queen Nefertiti.
500
Which four "jobs" made up the largest and lowest class?
Who are farmers, fishers, labourers, and servants.
500
Name three activites that ancient Egyptian played that children still do today.
What are tug-of-war, leapfrog, wrestling, throwing/juggling balls, and swimming.
500
What did pharaohs and queens wear engraved with their names?
What are amulets.
500
Boys from wealthy families were instructed in ______ and _____ to prepare them for roles as warriors and leaders.
What is archery and horsemanship.
500
Ramses II had what new thing built during his reign?
What is a new capital city.