RULES
Each team starts with 10
s
Answer your question right and remove 2
You can not remove your own
s from other teams
s
Shoot a basket. 2 point line = 2 more
s
3 point line = 3 more
s
Last team with most
s wins
Redemption = answer correct question and make the shot = 4
s
SOCIAL CLASS: FILL IN EACH CLASS BELOW
Pharoah
Vizier
High Priests and Nobles
Scholars
Doctors, priests, architects
engineers
Scribes
Skilled Craftsmen and Merchants
Farmers, tomb builders, soldiers
Slaves and captives
VOCABULARY
Silt
small particles of earth and sand that build up in rivers
Papyrus
a plant that grows in wet areas that is used to make paper
Pyramid
4 sided stone structure on a square base used to bury a pharaoh
Pharaoh
the name of an Egyptian king (like a god)
Polytheism
belief in many gods
Hieroglyphics
a writing system made with pictures
Ra
the Egyptian sun god
Mummification
preparing a body for afterlife and wrapping it in linen
USES OF THE RIVER:
Trade and Transport
Human Needs
Irrigation
Fertile Soil
CONTRIBUTIONS:
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Paper = papyrus
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Calendar
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Pyramids
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Mummies – embalming
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Geometry
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Canals – irrigation
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Rulers
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Surgery
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Make up, hair curlers, nail polish,
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Breath mints
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Funerals
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Medicine
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Locks
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Burials
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: WRITING
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Clay tablets
Papyrus
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: RULERS
Mesopotamia
Kings, Priests, Emperors
Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: RELIGION
Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
Ancient Egypt
Pyramids and Temples
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: GEOGRAPHY
Mesopotamia
Tigris Euphrates
SW Asia
Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Ancient Egypt
Nile
Africa
Egypt
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Locks
Paper = papyrus
Calendar
Surgery
Mummification – embalming
Bowling
Writing system – heiroglyphics
• Geometry
• Breath mints
QUESTION:
•The Mesopotamians may have used cuneiform
as their form of written language, but Egyptians
took their written language to a whole new level
using this system of picture like symbols
written on papyrus.
ANSWER:
•Hieroglyphics
QUESTION:
• Being that both are near deserts, Egypt and
Mesopotamia were both forced to depend on
rivers as a source of fertile soil and water. While
Mesopotamia had 2 rivers, Egypt only had this
one river; the longest river in the world
ANSWER:
•The Nile
QUESTION:
•When is comes to gods and goddesses, one
is never enough according to Mesopotamians
and Egyptians. Both civilizations were this,
“the practice of worshipping many gods”
ANSWER:
•Polythiestic
QUESTION:
•I am the body of water north of Egypt
ANSWER:
•Mediterranean Sea
QUESTION:
•II
am the large desert west of the Nile
ANSWER:
•Sahara Desert
QUESTION:
•I am the body of water to the east of Egypt
ANSWER:
•The Red Sea
QUESTION:
•I am the capital city of Egypt (currently)
ANSWER:
•Cairo
QUESTION:
•I am home to Egypt’s largest pyramids
ANSWER:
•Giza
QUESTION:
•Paper-like material
ANSWER:
•Papyrus
QUESTION:
•The leader of ancient Egypt often considered half
god and half human
ANSWER:
•Pharaoh
QUESTION:
•The process of preserving the body for the
afterlife, often reserved for the upper classes
ANSWER:
•Mummification
QUESTION:
•A geometrical shaped tomb for
pharaohs such as Khufu
ANSWER:
•pyramid
QUESTION:
• Material containing nutrients left in
the soil after flooding has occurred
ANSWER:
•silt
QUESTION:
•The occupation at the top of the social class
pyramid
ANSWER:
•pharaoh
QUESTION:
•Usually captured in war, these forced
laborers were at the bottom of the social
class pyramid
ANSWER:
•slaves
QUESTION:
•Located in the middle of the social class pyramid,
these record keepers were usually the only
members of society who knew how to write
ANSWER:
•scribes
QUESTION:
•This occupation was the pharaoh’s right
hand man, his adviser.
This person acted like a prime minister who
supervised the running of the country. The
word supervisor may have even came from
this person’s job title
ANSWER:
•Vizier
QUESTION:
•While they may be ranked lower on
the social class pyramid in ancient
Egypt, this group would have been
considered upper class in ancient
Mesopotamia
ANSWER:
•soldiers
QUESTION:
•Without dentist Egyptians suffered from dental
hygiene related issues . To help, Egyptians
invented these two dental related items that we
still use today…hopefully.
ANSWER:
•Toothpaste and breath mints
QUESTION:
•This contribution was necessary for the Egyptians
to know when to plant their crops.
ANSWER:
•Calendar
QUESTION:
•This contribution has been passed down to
common funeral practices today where we still
embalm a body to prepare it for burial.
ANSWER:
•Mummification
QUESTION:
•This contribution was used to keep records and it
was less bulky than the Sumerian’s clay tablets.
ANSWER:
•Papyrus
QUESTION:
When the internal organs were removed
during the mummification process, they
were placed in these containers
represented by the heads of different
gods
ANSWER:
•Canopic Jars
QUESTION:
Who was the youngest Pharaoh of Egypt?
ANSWER:
•King Tutankahamon
QUESTION:
Where were the mummies of many
Pharaohs moved for protection from
robbers?
ANSWER: The Valley of the Kings
QUESTION:
Which Pharaoh was considered the most
famous because there were temples built all
along the Nile with his name?
ANSWER: Ramses
QUESTION:
Deserts offered great protection from
invaders. Egypt benefits from this concept
since the Eastern, the Western, the Sahara
and this desert all surround Egypt.
ANSWER:
•The Nubian Desert
QUESTION:
•Although Cleopatra may arguably be the
most famous female leader of Egypt, it was
this woman who was the first female
pharaoh.
ANSWER:
•Hatshepsut
QUESTION:
•During mummification, Egyptians used this
material to act as glue between the layers of
linen wrappings.
ANSWER:
•Resin