Starter quiz
- What happened along the River Nile in Ancient Egypt?
- fighting
- farming ✓
- flooding ✓
- feasting
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- What were the two kingdoms called that were united in around 3000 BCE?
- Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt ✓
- Old Egypt and New Egypt
- North Egypt and South Egypt
- East Egypt and West Egypt
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- True or false? The River Nile ends in Egypt.
- True ✓
- False
- The Ancient Egyptian civilisation began in around 3000 BCE. What does BCE mean?
- Before Christ Era
- Before the Common Era ✓
- Before the Common Empire
- Before Christ Existed
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- Match the words to the definitions.
- pharaoh⇔a ruler in Ancient Egypt ✓
- Sahara Desert⇔a large area of dry land in north Africa ✓
- flood⇔when river water washes over land ✓
- farming⇔growing crops or keeping animals ✓
- Which continent is Egypt in?
- 'Africa' ✓
Exit quiz
- Put the three kingdoms of Ancient Egypt in order from first to last.
- 1⇔Old Kingdom
- 2⇔Middle Kingdom
- 3⇔New Kingdom
- Where were pharaohs buried in the Old Kingdom?
- pyramids ✓
- Valley of the Kings
- graves
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- These people lived in Ancient Egypt. Who was whom?
- farmer⇔subject ✓
- pharoah⇔ruler ✓
- What type of vehicle did Egyptians use for battle in the New Kingdom?
- cars
- carriages
- chariots ✓
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- What were Egyptian weapons made from in the New Kingdom?
- bronze ✓
- wood
- metal
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- Complete the sentence. The Great Pyramid at Giza was built in the ______ Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
- 'Old' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The ruler of Ancient Egypt was called the pharaoh; they owned all the land, made all the laws and taxed their subjects.
- The pharaohs, whose subjects believed to be both gods and humans, ruled in the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.
- During the Old Kingdom the Ancient Egyptians built pyramids to bury their pharaohs in, the most famous at Giza.
- In the Middle Kingdom Egypt grew rich and strong, stopped using pyramids and buried pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings.
- In the New Kingdom Egypt grew stronger, using their chariots and strong bronze weapons to take over more land.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the kingdoms are places in Egypt.
Kingdoms are are periods of time in Egyptian history; the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom.
Keywords
Laws - laws are a set of rules that people must follow
Taxes - taxes are amounts of money that people must pay to their rulers
Subjects - subjects are the people controlled by a ruler
Pyramid - the pyramids were large stone buildings that the Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in during the Old Kingdom
Chariot - a chariot is a wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, often used in war
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