Jeopardy
Social
Hierarchy
& Language
Other
Characteristics
of a Civilization
Religion
& Food
Gifts of
the Nile
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River
& Seas
1 - $100

What was the most important water source for
ancient Egyptians?

The Nile River
1 - $200
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Egyptians used these two nearby seas for trade
and travel, not for drinking water or crops.

Red Sea,
Mediterranean Sea
1 - $300

What is the landform that makes up most of
Egypt (the land away from the Nile River)?

Desert
1 - $400
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What is the name of both the reed and the type
of paper that Egyptians turned it into?

Papyrus
1 - $500

The soil left by the Nile River flood waters is
fertile. What does fertile mean?

Good for growing crops
2 - $100

What two things decide where you rank in the
social hierarchy?

Money and power
2 - $200

Who held the most power in ancient Egypt?
(Hint: He wasn’t called a king.)

Pharaoh
2 - $300

Who was at the bottom of the social hierarchy in
ancient Egypt?

Slaves
2 - $400
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What do you call the people in ancient Egypt
who could read and write? (Hint: They were
pretty important.)

Scribes
2 - $500
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What do you call the picture writing ancient
Egyptians used?

Hieroglyphics
3 - $100
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This charactistic of a civilization involves leaders,
taxes, laws, and punishments?
Government
3 - $200

Scribes had a special job, one where they had to
write things down. What two characteristics of a
civilization are being described?

Job specialization, language
3 - $300

This characteristic of a civilization means
building homes and other buildings near each
other, creating cities.

Urbanization
3 - $400

The pyramids were built by masons, architects,
brick cutters, scribes, and many other people.
Which characteristic of a civilization does this
show?

Job specialization
3 - $500

Which characteristic of a civilization means using
your knowledge to make people’s lives better,
like making papyrus to write on and shadufs to
move water?

Technology
4 - $100

Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods, which
means they practiced ________________.

polytheism
4 - $200

Why did Egyptians practice polytheism?

The many gods and goddesses explained how
the world worked. They were responsible for the
creation of the world, the flooding of the Nile
River, and other things.
4 - $300

Why did ancient Egyptians bury their dead as
mummies?

To prepare them for the afterlife
4 - $400

Why did ancient Egyptians domesticate plants
and animals?

To make them more useful for humans
4 - $500

The key to having a stable food supply is having
extra food. What is the word for that extra food?

Surplus
5 - $100

This gift of the Nile River allowed people to have
a drink and grow crops.

Fresh water
5 - $200

This gift of the Nile was left behind after each
year’s flood and helped Egypt have a stable food
supply.

Fertile soil
5 - $300

This gift of the Nile allowed ancient Egyptians to
write things down on something easier to carry
than a stone tablet.

Papyrus
5 - $400

Besides paper, ancient Egyptians also used
papyrus for sandals and this way of getting
around on the Nile River.

Rafts and boats
5 - $500

People weren’t the only ones who lived near the
Nile River in ancient Egypt. What was the
remaining gift of the Nile River?

Animals (including birds)