| Question |
Answer |
| The largest Desert in the world |
Sahara |
| Located East of Egypt |
Red Sea |
| Located between the two fingers of the Red Sea |
Sinai Peninsula |
| Southern part of Egypt was called Upper Egypt because it was upstream, away from the mouth of the Nile River. True or False |
TRUE |
| The longest river in the world |
Nile |
| A piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of the river. |
Delta |
| Referred to as the Gift of the Nile, because without the Nile this country would be a desert. |
Egypt |
| A large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfalls. |
Cataract |
| Part of the year in which weather conditions are somewhat alike. |
Season |
| What did the Egyptiians base their seasons on? |
Flooding |
| King of Upper and Lower Egypt |
Menes |
| Means Great House |
Pharaoh |
| First Pharaoh of Egypt |
Akhenaton |
| Second in command to the King. Overseer of his works. |
Vizier |
| A long pole with a bucket tied on one end to dip water from the Nile. |
Shadoof |
| Dead Kings body preserved with chemicals. |
Mummified |
| Huge Stone structures built as tombs for burying pharaohs. |
pyramids |
| Pyramid built for King Khufu |
The Great Pyramid |
| Only woman Pharoh and had a famous temple |
Queen Hatshepsut |
| Monument that stands near the Great Pyramid |
Great Sphinx |
| What did most Egyptians do for work? |
FARMERS |
| Worn by the Egyptians because it reflects the sun. |
White clothing |
| Considered sacred by the Egyptians. |
cats |
| Like a secretary to the ruler or to the leaders in the army, court or temple |
Scribe |
| Used to hold the paints. |
Palette |
| Used to make the worlds first paperlike material |
The papyrus plant |
| A long role of paper |
Scroll |
| Form of Egyptian writing that the pictures usually stand for the objects pictured. |
hieroglyphics |
| Serious shortage of food. |
famine |
| Name the 3 seasons of Egypt |
flooding, planting, harvest |
| What activities were done during the flooding season? |
Building Buildings |
| What activities were done during the planting season |
irrigation systems |
| What activities were done during the harvest season |
Harvesting their crops. |
| Name the 4 early river civilizatons |
Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates Valley,Eygpt/Nile River, India/Indus River, China/Huang He |
| Name the two geographical features that naturally protected Egypt. |
Hot dry red land, cataracts |
| Name often given to Egypt because the fertile land ends so abruptly where the dry barren land begins. |
RED LAND, BLACK LAND |
| Land bridge between Israel and Egypt. |
Sinai Pennisula |
MedTemCP5 Word+Pics
