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Ancient Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who made paper and what was it made out of? | The farmers made paper and it was made with papyrus reeds. |
| Who was on the top of the social pyramid? | The Pharaoh |
| What were the Pharaoh's powers? | They had religious and political powers. |
| Who was responsible for keeping the gods happy? | The Priests |
| What were the priests responsible for? | Keeping the gods happy. |
| What would happen if the gods were not happy? | There would be nateral disasters (i.e.- earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.)or even just bad things in general |
| Who served the Pharaoh? | The priests. |
| True or False: The physicians documented detailed treatments for wounds and diseases. | True |
| Who were the only people that ever got to learn hieroglyphics? | The Scribes |
| What is the worlds largest river? | The Nile River |
| What is the river in Egypt? | The Nile River |
| What fertilizes the deserts of Egypt? | The Nile's annual floods. |
| What was the title of the holiest book? | The Book of the Dead |
| What was in the "Book of the Dead"? | Prayers and Incantations. It also helped priests preach. |
| What was the writing form called in Egypt? | Hieyroglyphics |
| True or False: There are both consonants and vowels in the Hieroglyphic alphabet. | False, there were only consonants. |
| Which god gave the gift of writing? | Thoth, god of wisdom. |
| How many Hieroglyphic characters are there? | around 700 |
| How long does it take to learn ALL of the characters of hieroglyphics? | around 12 years |
| True or False: Hieroglyphics represented sounds and basic words. | True |
| How many languages were on the Rosetta Stone? What were they? | Demotic, Greek, and Hieroglyphics |
| True or False: Hieroglyphics can be written left to right and right to left. | True |
| How long was it that people couldn't read Hieroglyphics? | around 1400 years |
| When did people discover Hieroglyphics? | In the 1800s. |
| Who unified Egypt and when? | Menes (or Narmer)/3100 BCE |
| What were the years of the Old Kingdom? | 2600 BCE to 2100 BCE |
| What were the years of the Middle Kingdom? | 2100 BCE to 1700 BCE |
| How old was King Tut when he started ruling Egypt? | He was 9 years old. |
| Did King Tut die old or young? | He died young. |
| Was King Narmer the King that declared that he was the ruler of both Upper an Lower Egypt? | Yes |
| Did the Nile River flow upstream or downstream? | Upstream |
| When did Narmer unify Upper and Lower Egypt? | in 3100 BCE |
| Where were the capitals based? | Memphis and Thebes, Egypt |
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