Grudge Ball Ancient Egypt

Rules Each team starts with 10 s Answer your question right and remove 2 s from other teams You can not remove your own 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 Papyrus Pyramid Pharaoh Polytheism Hieroglyphics Ra Mummification small particles of earth and sand that build up in rivers a plant that grows in wet areas that is used to make paper 4 sided stone structure on a square base used to bury a pharaoh the name of an Egyptian king (like a god) belief in many gods a writing system made with pictures the Egyptian sun god preparing a body for afterlife and wrapping it in linen

Trade and Transport Human Needs Irrigation Fertile Soil Uses of the River: Trade and Transport Human Needs Irrigation Fertile Soil

Religious Beliefs of Ancient egyptians *Belief in the afterlife *Polytheistic *Mummification to prepare body that would be needed for the afterlife *Believed pharaoh was a god on earth *Pyramids-temples for the mummy of the pharaoh *Prayed to the gods in temples

Contributions: Paper = papyrus Calendar Pyramids Mummies – embalming Geometry Canals – irrigation Rulers Surgery Make up, hair curlers, nail polish, Breath mints Funerals Medicine Locks Burials

Compare and Contrast: Writing Cuneiform Clay tablets Mesopotamia Hieroglyphics Papyrus Ancient Egypt

Compare and Contrast: Rulers Kings, Priests, Emperors Mesopotamia Pharaohs Ancient Egypt

Compare and Contrast: Religion Ziggurats Mesopotamia Pyramids and Temples Ancient Egypt

Compare and Contrast: Geography Tigris Euphrates SW Asia Iraq, Syria, Turkey Mesopotamia Nile Africa Egypt Ancient Egypt

Mummification – embalming Bowling Writing system – heiroglyphics Contributions Locks Paper = papyrus Calendar Surgery Mummification – embalming Bowling Writing system – heiroglyphics Geometry Breath mints

Copy Cats 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

Copy Cats 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

Copy Cats 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

I am the body of water north of Egypt Geography QUESTION: I am the body of water north of Egypt ANSWER: Mediterranean Sea

Geography QUESTION: ANSWER: Sahara Desert II am the large desert west of the Nile ANSWER: Sahara Desert

I am the body of water to the east of Egypt Geography QUESTION: I am the body of water to the east of Egypt ANSWER: The Red Sea

I am the capital city of Egypt (currently) Geography QUESTION: I am the capital city of Egypt (currently) ANSWER: Cairo

I am home to Egypt’s largest pyramids Geography QUESTION: I am home to Egypt’s largest pyramids ANSWER: Giza

Vocabulary QUESTION: Paper-like material ANSWER: Papyrus

Vocabulary QUESTION: The leader of ancient Egypt often considered half god and half human ANSWER: Pharaoh

Vocabulary QUESTION: The process of preserving the body for the afterlife, often reserved for the upper classes ANSWER: Mummification

A geometrical shaped tomb for pharaohs such as Khufu Vocabulary QUESTION: A geometrical shaped tomb for pharaohs such as Khufu ANSWER: pyramid

Vocabulary QUESTION: Material containing nutrients left in the soil after flooding has occurred ANSWER: silt

The occupation at the top of the social class pyramid Keep it Classy QUESTION: The occupation at the top of the social class pyramid ANSWER: pharaoh

Keep it classy QUESTION: Usually captured in war, these forced laborers were at the bottom of the social class pyramid ANSWER: slaves

scribes Keep it classy 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

Vizier This occupation was the pharaoh’s right hand man, his adviser. Keep it classy 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

Keep it classy 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

Toothpaste and breath mints Contribution 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

ANSWER: Calendar Contribution QUESTION: This contribution was necessary for the Egyptians to know when to plant their crops. ANSWER: Calendar

ANSWER: Mummification Contribution 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

ANSWER: Papyrus Contribution QUESTION: This contribution was used to keep records and it was less bulky than the Sumerian’s clay tablets. ANSWER: Papyrus

Random Challenge 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

ANSWER: King Tutankahamon Who was the youngest Pharaoh of Egypt? Random Challenge QUESTION: Who was the youngest Pharaoh of Egypt? ANSWER: King Tutankahamon

ANSWER: The Valley of the Kings Random Challenge QUESTION: Where were the mummies of many Pharaohs moved for protection from robbers? ANSWER: The Valley of the Kings

Random Challenge QUESTION: Which Pharaoh was considered the most famous because there were temples built all along the Nile with his name? ANSWER: Ramses

ANSWER: The Nubian Desert Random Challenge 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

Random Challenge 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

Random challenge QUESTION: During mummification, Egyptians used this material to act as glue between the layers of linen wrappings. ANSWER: Resin