Ancient Egypt Flashcards
An ancient empire west of Israel that is centered on the Nile River. It is found several times in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Egypt
A writing system that uses pictures and symbols instead of letters and words.
hieroglyphics
Egypt is located in the northeast part of this continent: ___________.
Africa
Many of the events in the _____ Testament in the Bible took place in Egypt.
Old Testament
True/False:
Hieroglyphics use letters and words.
False! Hieroglyphics only used pictures and symbols not letters or words.
True/False
Hieroglyphics did not use any punctuation.
Hieroglyphics was intended to look like beautiful art.
True!
People who spent a lot of time training to write hieroglyphics were called______.
scribes
Most scribes were as young as _____ years old when they started learning hieroglyphics.
6
True/False:
Only children of wealthy (rich) families had the privilege of becoming a scribe.
True
True/False: Anyone could write hieroglyphs.
False! Hieroglyphics was a complicated form of writing. Everyone could not write it; it took many years of education and experience to be able to write it.
True/False:
Hieroglyphics only used pictures and symbols not letters or words.
True!
True/False: Hieroglyphics was a very simple and easy form of writing.
False! Hieroglyphics was a complicated form of writing.
A large structure that has a square base and four triangular sides that meet at a point on the top. They usually contain tombs.
pyramids
The Pyramid of Khufu is also known as ______ ______ ________.
The Great Pyramid
True/False:
The Pyramid of Khufu is the only pyramid listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
True
True/False:
The Pyramid of Khufu is the smallest of the three main pyramids of Giza.
False! It is the largest of the three main pyramids of Giza.
It took between ___ - ___ years to build the Pyramid of Khufu.
10 - 20 years
True/False
The Pyramid of Khufu was considered the most famous pyramid built by the Egyptians.
True
True/False
The Pyramid of Khufu was made with over 2 million blocks of rocks and weights over 5 million tons!
True
Some of the earliest pyramids were called _____ pyramids.
These pyramids have large ledges every, so often so they look like huge ____.
Step / Steps
True/False
No one really knows how the Great Pyramid of Khufu was actually built.
True!
True/False
It only took a few workers to build the Pyramid of Khufu
False! It took thousands of workers to build this pyramid
True/False
All pyramids look the same.
False! Pyramids are UNIQUE structures!
the act of creating or inventing something is called an _______
invention
a tall grass like plant that grows in marshes especially in Egypt is known as ______
papyrus
Paper used to be made from a ______ called papyrus.
plant
True/False
To make papyrus paper, people had to:
1) cut down the papyrus plant
2) beat it to a pulp TWICE
3) dry it TWICE
True
______ were made from long strips of papyrus paper
books
Examples of what papyrus was used to create…….
paper, baskets, rope, blankets, tables, clothes, and more!
Papyrus was a grass like weed that grew wildly along the banks of the ____ River.
Nile
True/False
The only thing Egyptians used papyrus for was to make paper.
False! Papyrus was used to make many other things
True/False
Egyptians invented the calendar.
True!
Egyptians created a calendar based on their _____ seasons.
farming
The 3 farming seasons that the Egyptians based their calendar on:
1) The _____ season
2) The _____ season
3) The _____ season
1) The flooding season
2) The planting season
3) The harvest season
Each season was ____ months long
four / 4
The Egyptians added five extra days for _____ days to their 360-day calendar, so they had a total of 365 days.
holy
Egyptians created a calendar that was _____ days.
365
True/False
Punctuation was used in hieroglyphics
False! Punctuation was NOT used in hieroglyphics
True/False
The Rosetta Stone helped people to understand hieroglyphics.
True
The ____ _____ is a stone with writing carved on it. French soldiers found it in the 1700s.
Rosetta Stone
The ____ _____ is a stone with writing carved on it. French soldiers found it in the 1700s.
Rosetta Stone
