Soc. Sci. Chap. 4.5 - Art, Arch Learning in Egypt
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 He was an architect that designed the first pyramids | Who was Imhotep? |
| Step Pyramids | What type of pyramids were the earliest pyramids? |
| Giza | The Greatest Pyramids of all were built where in Egypt? |
| 4,000 years | For how long did these pyramids stand as the tallest structures in the world? |
| Khufu | What Egyptian King built the three great pyramids of Giza? |
| One for Khufu, one for his son and one for his grandson | Why were there THREE pyramids built? |
| The Sphinx | What guarded the road to the Khafre's Pyramid in Giza? |
| 2200 BC | When did the great age of pyramid building end? |
| Because later Pharaohs carved their tombs into the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens | Why did the pyramid-building come to an end? |
| A statue made of clay or stone or metal. | What is a sculpture? |
| Anatomy | What is the study of the body and its organs called? |
| The moon | Egyptians found an accurate calendar based on the cycles of what? |
| The sun | Egyptians also made a 365 day calendar based on what? |
| Papyrus reeds | Egyptians invented the world's first paper out of what? |
| To keep it accurate | Why did the Egyptians have to add a day every four years to their calendar? |
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