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🐫 8 AE • Glossary

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🐫 8 AE • Glossary
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Drag, drop and match the Ancient Egypt key terms

Afterlife

- the flood season that occurred from July to October each year.

Chronology

- pottery jars used to store the intestines, liver, lungs and stomach of the preserved body.

Canopic jars

- the time of life after death, part of the ancient Egyptians’ spiritual beliefs.

Cartouche

- the order in which things happened.

Akhet

- an oval shape surrounding an inscription in hieroglyphs identifying the name of the pharaoh.

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Drag, drop and match the Ancient Egypt key terms

Delta

- the use of spices and salts to preserve a dead body.

Embalming

  • - paintings on plaster walls or ceilings.

Dynasty

- area where a river splits into separate streams or rivers before flowing into the sea.

Crook and flail

- a line of hereditary rulers. In ancient Egyptian times, the position of pharaoh was usually passed from father to son.

Frescoes

- curved stick (hieroglyph for ‘king’) and whip (symbol of Osiris) carried by the pharaoh as a symbol of his royal power.

3.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Drag, drop and match the Ancient Egypt key terms

Mummification

- a way of bringing water to dry land.

Irrigation

- a mineral used to preserve bodies.

Natron

- a room full of columns that looked like papyrus plants reaching towards the sun.

Hypostyle hall

- the preservation of bodies by drying them, packing them with minerals and wrapping them in linen cloths.

Hieroglyphics

- ancient Egyptian written language composed of picture-like symbols.

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Drag, drop and match the Ancient Egypt key terms

Nilometer

- a series of steps used to measure the height of the Nile flood.

Nomes

- the person responsible for day-to-day government in each of Egypt’s main regions.

Papyrus

- the season for sowing crops that occurred from November to February each year.

Nomarch

- the regions that ancient Egypt was divided into to make government easier.

Peret

- a plant made into flattened strips on which to write.

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Drag, drop and match the Ancient Egypt key terms

Pharaoh

- word meaning ‘great house’, used to describe the ruler of Egypt in ancient times.

Shemu

- a person who trained for up to five years in the language and writing skills essential for recording government decisions, keeping tax records, writing official letters and preparing inscriptions.

Scribe

- the Egyptian name for the harvest season that occurred from March to June each year.

Pylon

- a massive gateway entrance.

Shaduf

- an important tool for moving water.

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Drag, drop and match the Ancient Egypt key terms

Sluice

- a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

vizier

- eroded soil carried by a river.

Ushabti

- a channel in which the flow of water is controlled by a gate or some other device.

Silt

- dolls depicting servants, who would supposedly do any work that the god Osiris might ask the dead person to do in the afterlife.

tomb

- the person who took responsibility for the pharaoh’s government and who was the chief judge in ancient Egypt.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long did the ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for?

The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for over 3000 years.

The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for over 2000 years.

The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for 3000 years.

The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for 2000 years.

The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for 2500 years.

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