5th Grade Test about Egypt
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| The largest Desert in the world | Sahara
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| Located East of Egypt | Red Sea
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| Located between the two fingers of the Red Sea | Sinai Peninsula
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| Southern part of Egypt was called Upper Egypt because it was upstream, away from the mouth of the Nile River. True or False | TRUE
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| The longest river in the world | Nile
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| 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
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| Referred to as the Gift of the Nile, because without the Nile this country would be a desert. | Egypt
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| A large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfalls. | Cataract
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| Part of the year in which weather conditions are somewhat alike. | Season
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| What did the Egyptiians base their seasons on? | Flooding
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| King of Upper and Lower Egypt | Menes
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| Means Great House | Pharaoh
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| First Pharaoh of Egypt | Akhenaton
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| Second in command to the King. Overseer of his works. | Vizier
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| A long pole with a bucket tied on one end to dip water from the Nile. | Shadoof
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| Dead Kings body preserved with chemicals. | Mummified
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| Huge Stone structures built as tombs for burying pharaohs. | pyramids
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| Pyramid built for King Khufu | The Great Pyramid
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| Only woman Pharoh and had a famous temple | Queen Hatshepsut
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| Monument that stands near the Great Pyramid | Great Sphinx
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| What did most Egyptians do for work? | FARMERS
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| Worn by the Egyptians because it reflects the sun. | White clothing
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| Considered sacred by the Egyptians. | cats
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| Like a secretary to the ruler or to the leaders in the army, court or temple | Scribe
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| Used to hold the paints. | Palette
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| Used to make the worlds first paperlike material | The papyrus plant
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| A long role of paper | Scroll
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| Form of Egyptian writing that the pictures usually stand for the objects pictured. | hieroglyphics
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| Serious shortage of food. | famine
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| Name the 3 seasons of Egypt | flooding, planting, harvest
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| What activities were done during the flooding season? | Building Buildings
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| What activities were done during the planting season | irrigation systems
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| What activities were done during the harvest season | Harvesting their crops.
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| Name the 4 early river civilizatons | Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates Valley,Eygpt/Nile River, India/Indus River, China/Huang He
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| Name the two geographical features that naturally protected Egypt. | Hot dry red land, cataracts
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| Name often given to Egypt because the fertile land ends so abruptly where the dry barren land begins. | RED LAND, BLACK LAND
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| Land bridge between Israel and Egypt. | Sinai Pennisula
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