Chapter 1, 2 and 3

What's an archaeologist?

• Keeps people safe, enforcing laws, patrolling the streets, solving crimes, and more.
• They are like detectives. By looking at artifacts, they try to figure out how long ago people lived, how they governed themselves, what art they created, their religious beliefs, their technology, science, and invention, and their daily life. 
• Archaelogist study weather patterns
• They study animal behaviors.

What does ancient mean?

• Belonging to a distant past and no longer in existence
• Discussing the days events.
• Yesterday
• 10-20 years ago

What is an archaeologist looking for?

• Medicine that was used in the past.
• Food
• People in a community.
• Tools and items used by ancient communities

What's a Ziggurat?

• a weapon
• A temple shaped like a pyramid.
• Artwork from the past
• The Gods

The wheel was made out of...

• hardened clay
• rubber
• plastic
• rocks

What was papyrus used for?

• It's main purpose was for writing.
• It's a banana.
• It's a flower found in ancient Egypt.
• I eat papyrus for dinner

Why was it good for the Nile River to flood?

• The fish enjoyed swimming during a flood.
• It was not good for a flood to happen.
• They could wash their clothes
• After the flood, the soil was rich and fertile

What's a scroll?

• It's what they called the Sumerians
• When you roll a cart.
•  A roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing
• None of the above

What was the Sumerians writing called?

• Cuneiform
• Papyrus
• Scroll
• None of the above

What's an invention?

• It's what the Egyptians use to eat.
• A man that enjoys swimming.
• The process of venting your anger.
• The action of inventing something, a device