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World History CH.7
5th Grade History Ch. 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the world's longest river? | Nile |
| What is the world's largest desert? | Sahara |
| What does Pharaoh mean? | great house |
| What did the Egyptians use for irrigation? | shadoof |
| What is a period of serious shortage of food? | famine |
| What is a highland plain called? | plateau |
| What is the name for the low land between hills or mountains? | valley |
| What is a deep narrow valley with steep sides called? | canyon |
| What is a flat or level area of land called? | plain |
| Which Bible character became a vizier in Egypt? | Joseph |
| What was the key to understanding the meaning of hieroglyphics? | Rosetta Stone |
| What are the three Egyptian seasons? | flood, planting, and harvest |
| What is the largest pyramid still standing today? | Great Pyramid |
| Which king united Upper and Lower Egypt? | Menes |
| Who was the first pharoah? | Akhenaton |
| Who built the Great Pyramid as his tomb? | King Khufu |
| Who was ancient Egypt's only woman pharoah? | Queen Hatshepsut |
| What peninsula has been a land bridge between Africa and Asis? | Sinai Peninsula |
| What is the world's second largest continent? | Africa |
| What is the highest mountain in Africa? | Kilimanjaro |
| What is a landform that rises higher than a hill called? | mountain |
| What is the secretary to the ruler in court called? | scribe |
| What is another name for Egypt? | Gift of the Nile |
| Who is the next in importance to the king? | vizier |
| Mt. Kilimanjaro is not part of a mountain range. It is an? | extinct volcano |
| What is a piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river? | delta |
| What are the rock beds piled high in a river creating small waterfalls called? | cataracts |
| What was the first capital of Egypt? | Memphis |
| What is the capital of Egypt now? | Thebes |
| What do we call the area near Thebes that the pharoahs used as a cemetery? | Valley of the Kings |
| Which pharoah has a tomb that is more famous than he is? | King Tutankhamen |
| The early ancient Egyptians wrote using a system of pictures called? | hieroglyphics |
| What is a long roll of paper called? | scroll |
| What was used to make the world's first paperlike material? | papyrus |
| What pet was considered sacred by the Egyptians? | cat |
| What do we call the tall, pointed pillars that were built to represent the sun god Ra? | obelisk |
| What do we call a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life? | mummy |
| What monument has the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion? | Sphinx |
| Which desert covers most of Egypt? | Sahara Desert |
| Give the two reasons that Egypt declined in power. | the Egyptian priests and nobles began fighting among themselves for power and the Egyptians did not have iron to produce strong weapons like their enemies |
| What happened during the flood season? | the people worked on their buildings |
| What happened during the planting season? | the people planted their crops |
| What happened during the harvest season? | the people gathered their crops |
| What two landforms provided protection to Egypt? | Sahara Desert and cataracts in the Nile River |
| How did the Sahara Desert provide protection to Egypt? | because it is hot and has little water, it discouraged people who may want to invade |
| How did the cataracts in the Nile River provide protection to Egypt? | they made it almost impossible for people to invade by means of the Nile River |
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