Ancient Egypt
Timelines
Dating
100

The large river that acted as the lifeblood of Ancient Egypt

What is the Nile River?

100

This is the line historians use to show events in the order they happened.

What is a timeline?

100

In a history setting this word means figuring out how old something is.

What is dating?

200

These structures were built as tombs for Pharaohs and still stand today.

What are the pyramids?

200

The writing implement that must be used to create a timeline.

What is a pencil?

200

This type of dating puts events in order from oldest to newest but doesn't give exact dates.

What is relative dating?

300

The famous boy king's tomb was discovered untouched in 1922.

Who is Tutankhamun (King Tut)?

300

The way that it is communicated what a timeline is about.

What is a title?

300

This scientific methods measures carbon left in once living thins to tell how old they are.

What is radiocarbon dating?

400

This writing system used sumbols and pictures and was carved into temple walls.

What are hieroglyphics?

400

This is the value that is given to an event to explain when it happened.

What is a date?

400

This kind of dating gives an exact or approximate age in years for an object or event.

What is absoloute dating?

500
Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods. This term describes their belief.

What is polytheism?

500

This term describes the order in which events happen over time.

What is chronological order?

500

This term describes the layers of soil or rock that archaeologists sutdy to find clues about the past.

What is stratigraphy?