Investigating the Ancient Past
Ancient Egypt
True or False
Lucky Dip
100
Define the term Chronological Order.
Chronological Order: organised from beginning to end (or earliest to latest) (e.g. 100, 200, 300)
100
What is a Pharaoh?
Pharaoh: the Egyptian name for king.
100
A war between two sides from the same country.
What is a civil war?
100
What is a source?
Something that provides us with historical information
200
What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?
Primary Source: A source from the time or from personal experience.
Secondary Source: A source from after the event being described
200
What was the only organ left inside the body after the mummification process?
The heart was the only organ left inside the body after the mummification process.
200
356 CE is in the 4th century.
True or False?
True.
356 CE is in the 4th century
200
Is this a primary or secondary source?
An ancient coin is a primary archaeological source.
300
What do the abbreviations CE and BCE stand for?
DOUBLE POINTS: What are the old abbreviations and their meaning?
CE - Common Era
BCE - Before Common Era
AD - Anno Domini
BC - Before Christ
300
The object used to pick up water from the Nile and irrigate crops.
What is a shadoof?
300
Only males were educated in Ancient Egypt. True or False?
False.
While different from that of boys, (mainly wealthy) girls were also given an education in Ancient Egypt.
300
The part of the Nile where it spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Nile Delta?
400
How is an archaeologist different to a historian?
Archaeologists are focused on physical remains (i.e. archaeological sources) whereas historians typically focus on written sources.
400
What were the jars called that stored organs during mummification?
Canopic jars
400
The River Nile flows south from Lower to Upper Egypt. True or False?
False.
The River Nile flows north from Upper to Lower Egypt.
400
The worship of multiple gods in a society.
What is polytheism? (or polytheistic)
500
What does the term bias mean?
Bias refers to a one-sided or unfair perspective based on personal beliefs.
500
Who is this Ancient Egyptian God and what was their role/purpose?
Anubis was the ancient Egyptian God of embalming and the dead.
500
The person responsible for writing and keeping records in ancient Egypt was known as the scarab.
True or False?
False.
The person responsible for writing and keeping records was known as the scribe.
500
An ornament or small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease
What is an amulet?
750
What is the difference between an objective and subjective viewpoint?
Objective: an opinion based on facts
Subjective: an opinion based on personal feelings or emotions
750
This King united upper and lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
750
Pliny the Younger witnessed the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. However, he only wrote about what he saw at the request of Tacitus over 20 years later around 106-107 CE.
Is his account considered a primary source or a secondary source?
Primary as he witnessed it first hand.
750
The Pharaoh for whom the biggest pyramid (the Great Pyramid) was built for.
Who is Pharaoh Khufu?
1000
Put the following steps in an archaeological dig in correct order:
Excavation of historical materials
Locate the site
Survey the site
Begin digging
Organisation of site into sections and layers
Archaeological dig steps:
1. Locate the site
2. Survey the site
3.Organisation of the site into layers (box-grid)
4. Begin digging
5. Excavation of historical materials
1000
What were the three seasons of ancient Egypt?
Seasons of Ancient Egypt:
Akhet: the flooding season
Peret: the planting season
Shemu: the harvesting season
1000
Ancient China developed due to the presence of one major river. True or False?
False.
Ancient China developed due to the presence of several major rivers.
1000
The god of the deceased in Ancient Egypt (he was also the father of Horus)?
Who was Osiris?