Geography of the Nile River and Egypt Review
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| The Nile is longest river in ________ | The World
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| The Nile is ___________ miles long. | 4145 miles
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| The Nile river flows (south, east, north, west)? | North
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| The Nile flows into the ______________ sea. | Mediterranean sea
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| The Nile begins as two separate rivers called the __________________________. | Blue and White Nile
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| Upper Egypt is located______________ of Memphis | south
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| land at the mouth of a river that is formed by mud and sand is a ___________. | Delta
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| Who called Egypt the Gift of the Nile? | Herodotus
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| What are the Gifts of the Nile? | Papyrus and Silt
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| _________ recharged the soil and allowed Farmers to grow a surplus of crops. | Silt
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| Silt was deposited on farm land by | flooding
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| What is a natural boundry? | Natural land forms (river, waterfall, ocean, mountains...) that make travel difficult.
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| The Nile has 6 cataracts. What is a cataract? | rapids,and waterfalls. Catarats made transportation difficult in some areas of the Nile.
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| What sea is located east of the Nile? | The Red Sea
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| The ______________ desert is located in Egypt. | The Sahara Desert
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| The process of building people channels to carry water into fields is _________? | Irrigation
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| A __________ was an important irrigation tool | Shaduff
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| Pharaoh meant | Great House
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| Kings were called | Pharaohs
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| The first Pharaoh was | Menes/Narmer
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| The first empire was created in Egypt by uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. Hw united upper and lower Egypt? Who united upper and lower Egypt? | Menes/Narmer
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| The first female Pharaoh in Egypt was? | Hatshepsut
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| A Government ruled by one. They ruled with divine power (power from god) | Monarchy
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| The Pharaoh was treated as a | living god
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| The First Pyramid was the | Step pyramid
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| The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx are located | Giza
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| A natural salt used to dry the body | Natron
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| All the vital organs were stored in 4 containers carved to represent 4 gods. | Canopic Jars
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| The personality of the deceased. The __ could leave the body and travel to the heavens. The __ needed to be able to recognize its body | Ba
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| Invisible twin of the deceased. The soul. Needed food and water to live. Did not leave the tomb. | Ka
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| What was the book of the Dead? | The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass into the afterlife.
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| Feather of truth, justice | Maat
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| God of mummification | Anubis
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| The god of writing and knowledge | Thoth
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| God of the Dead Lord of the Underworld | Osiris
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| Someone who rules for a child until child is old enough to rule | Regent
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| A series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty
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| Belief in many gods | Polytheism
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| Who found King Tuts tomb? | Howard Carter in 1922.
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| What was so remarkable about the discovery of King Tut's tomb? | It was intact and filled with wonderful things.
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| What was Egyptian writing called? | Hieroglyphics
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| Egyptian paper made from the inside of a plant | Papyrus
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| There are over ______ different hieroglyphic symbols | 600
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| Cartouche was a | A twisted double loop of rope tied at one end.Names of pharaohs and important leaders were written inside a cartouche.
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| A black stone that had a document inscribed in Greek, Hieroglyphic and Demotic that was used to help unlock the secrects of Hieroglyphics. | Rosetta stone
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| Who found the Rosetta stone? | In 1799, Napoleon's troops found a black stone in Rosetta, Egypt.
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| Who figured out the complicated translation in 1820 | Jean Francois Champollion
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