Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Fact or fiction: a civilization is a group of people who live together and have well developed system of beliefs, education and technology.
Fact
Fact or fiction: cave people were also part of a civilization.
Fiction
All civilizations are exactly the same.
Fiction
Ancient civilizations arose and ended thousands of years ago
Fact
most of civilizations of ancient times are still exactly the same today and the people still live in exactly the same way.
Fiction
Archaeologists are able to learn a lot about early civilizations by studying the artifacts left by these people.
Fact
there is nothing we can learn from the early civilizations, because their lives were so different to ours.
Fiction
what river runs through the middle of Egypt?
Nile
What would happen if the river didn’t flood its banks?
there would be no black mud for the farmers crops.
how did farmers water their crops and what methods did they use?
they build Canals, sluice gates and used Shadufs.
What did the farmers do when they could not farm?
they built statues and pyramids for the pharaoh’s.
What sea does the Nile run into?
The Mediterranean
When did ancient Egypt start?
about 3000 years ago.
how did farmers stop their crops from flooding from the canals?
they built sluice gates which could open and close.
How did the farmers measure their fields?
with Knotted rope.
How did they measure shorter distances?
by using the human body and measured with feet, hands and arms.
What were the pyramids built for?
to bury their pharaoh’s.
how long did it take to build the biggest pyramid?
20 years
what height did it get to?
146m
examples of ancient Egyptian arcitecture?
Great temple at Abu Simbel and Great Sphinx at Giza.
what religious belief did they have?
That pharaoh’s were sons of the sun god Ra.
why did they mummify their pharaohs?
they believed their spirit would return to his or her body and this means they would have a body to return to.
what was the form of writing called?
Hieroglyphics
what did they use to write on paparys?
a sharpened reed.
