Ancient Egypt

What is one of the puzzles about daily life we have discovered about ancient Egypt by examining the pyramids?

• Games that were played

• How the pyramids were built

• What the people were like that built the pyramids

• How many people built the pyramids

What was possibly used to help people build the pyramids?

• Metal Scaffolding

• Ladders

• Ramps, ropes and pulleys

• A crane

What is the name of the largest pyramid in Egypt?

• Salina

• Lahun

• Khufu

• Giza

How many blocks were used in the Giza pyramid?

• 23,000

• 2,300,000

• 4,300,000

• 100,000

What did the Egyptians use to figure the math of building a pyramid?

• Calculus

• Trigonometry

• Chemistry

• Algebra and Geometry

Egyptians didn't have a number system. How did they perform math equations?

• They used pictures to represent numbers

• They used numbers

• They didn't do math

• Since they didn't have a zero they could not calculate. They would guess.

How did the Egyptians tell time?

• Sundials and obelisks

• The moon

• A clock

• The stars

How did the water clock work?

• They filled a jar with water and as the sun shown on the water it would tell the time.

• The water in a jar would evaporate. As the water evaporated it would show the time.

• The water clock was not invented by the Egyptians.

• Water dropped through a hole. As the water level dropped it showed how much time had passed.

How long did it take for the Egyptians to add a leap year to their calendar?

• 2 years

• 1,000 years

• 2,000 years

• 1,000 days

What did the pharaohs wear in the pictures on the pyramid walls?

• Sandals and scarves

• Shoes made of gold, crowns and jeweled collars

• Robes made from silk

• Fingernail polish and rings