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World History Pg 7-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are some inventions of the Bronze Age? | Wheels, Plows, Writing, Money, Cities, Armies, and Chariots. |
| How long did the Bronze Age last? | 4,000 BC to Beginning of Iron Age (1,000 BC) |
| What did the Egyptians learn from Mesopotamia? | Irrigation, the plow, writing, and other technologies |
| Why is Egypt said to be the "Gift of the Nile"? | Due to the fertile soils caused by annual floods and easy transportation by boat |
| What two main Gods did the Egyptians worship? | Ra, God of the Sun and creator of life, and Osiris, the god of rebirth |
| Name Egypt's modern capital city. | Cario |
| Who developed our 365-day calender base we use today? | Ancient Egyptians |
| Kings of ancient Egypt who were worshiped as if they were Gods? | Pharaohs |
| Pharaohs built massive works such as? | Irrigation Systems, Temples, and Monuments |
| Ramses 2 was known for what? | A warrior and builder |
| The first important woman ruler of history. | Queen Hatshepsut |
| Who was the last queen of the thirty-one dynasties? | Cleopatra |
| The best-known pharaoh who died at age 18? | Tutankhamen( King Tut) |
| What did King Tut's tomb contain? | over 5,000 objects, inc. life-like mask of gold |
| Why did government become necessary? | Societies grew |
| Major types of governments in history have included? | Monarchies(Kings and Queens), Democracies, and Dictatorships( One Person) |
| For a body to be reserved, priests had to do what two things? | Mummification and Religious rituals |
| What type of people removed vital organs? | Skilled embalmers |
| What was the most famous burial tomb in Egypt? | The Great Pyramid at Giza |
| The pyramids were the oldest and only remaining examples of what? | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| Standing guard over the pyramids is a head of a pharaoh and body of a lion. It is known as what? | A Sphinx. |
| The system of writing using pictures to represent words or syllables is known as what? | The hieroglyphics |
| Hieroglyphics preserved records of what? | Egyptian culture |
| What did Egyptians write hieroglyphics on? | Papyrus |
| People did not understand hieroglyphics until what was discovered in the late 1700's? | the Rosetta Stone |
| Hieroglyphics were written with a translation in what language? | Greek |
| The savanna is large land area in? | Central and Southeast Africa |
| What is the longest river in the world? | Nile |
| What are flat areas of land that form at the mouths of rivers where it flows into the sea? | the Deltas |
| What are Egypt's two largest cities? | Cairo and Alexandra |
| The Sahara Desert is the what in the world? | the largest, driest desert |
| What does the Sahara Desert separate? | North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa |
| What is the land that lies south of the desert? | the Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Why are people living in the Sub-Saharan Africa called "Black Africa"? | People have darker skins than north Africans |
| It took how many years for skin color to change from black to white in Africa? | 20,000 years |
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