Ancient Egypt Assessment Review

The ancient Egyptians developed a writing system based on pictures that represented sounds, ideas, or entire words

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics
• Papyrus
• Pictographs

In ancient Egypt, not everyone learned to read and write. They specially trained certain boys who learned to work as writers and record-keepers. Some even worked for the king

• Papyrus
• Scribe
• Hieroglyphics
• Linen

The Nile river was full of high waterfalls and areas of fast moving rapids

• Cataract
• Obelisk
• Dynasty
• Linen

The Egyptians perfected the incredibly impressive technique required to build huge monuments carved from single pieces of stone

• Cataract
• Linen
• Papyrus
• Obelisk

Egyptians figured out how to make a material to write on using a reed from the Nile - they were the first to develop a way of recording information easier than carving into clay tablets or stone

• Cataract
• Papyrus
• Linen
• Obelisk

The Egyptians made cloth out of the flax plant to use for many purposes. The most famous is wrapping mummies

• Cataract
• Obelisk
• Linen
• Papyrus

The throne was passed down in ancient Egypt from father to son in one family for as many generations as possible

• Scribe
• Dynasty
• Polytheism
• Hieroglyphs

During this season, the Egyptian farmers could work on other things - like the Pharaoh's building projects, because their fields were covered in water

• Emergence
• Harvest
• Inundiation
• Spring

At this time of year, the Egyptians would spend time cutting down fully grown crops, and saving the food to get them through times when things weren't able to grow

• Spring
• Inundation
• Emergence
• Harvest

This season brought the land back out from the floods. Waters receded - some soaking into the ground and some going back to larger bodies of water. During this time, farmers would try to trap some water in ponds to help with irrigation

• Emergence
• Harvest
• Inundation
• Akhet