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Egypt
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WHY WAS EGYPT CALLED THE GIFT OF THE NILE? | BECAUSE THE EGYPTIANS DEPENDED ON THE NILE FOR EVERYTHING. |
| HOW LONG IS THE NILE? | THE NILE IS APPROXIMATELY 4000 MILES LONG |
| HOW WIDE IS THE NILE VALLEY? | AROUND 13 MILES WIDE |
| WHAT IS A CATARACT? | RAPIDS |
| WHAT IS A DELTA? | A TRIANGLE-SHAPED AREA OF LAND MADE FROM SOIL DEPOSITED BY A RIVER |
| WHAT CAUSED THE NILE FLOODS? | SNOW MELTING IN THE HIGHLANDS OF EAST AFRICA |
| WHAT DID THE NILE DO TO THE FARMLAND? | IT COVERED THE LAND IN SILT |
| AROUND 4500 BC, WHAT DID MOST FARMERS GROW? | WHEAT AND BARLEY |
| WHAT DID THE NILE FLOODS ALLOW? | AN INCREASED FOOD SUPPLY |
| LIST THE STEPS OF THE FORMING OF THE 2 KINGDOMS | FARMERS BANDED TOGETHER, VILLAGES GREW, BANDED TOGETHER |
| WHAT WAS THE CAPITOL OF UPPER EGYPT? | NEKHEN |
| WHAT WAS THE CAPITOL OF LOWER EGYPT? | PE |
| AROUND 3100, WHO UNIFIED UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT? | MENES |
| WHAT IS A PHARAOH? | THE SOLE RULER OF ALL OF EGYPT |
| TRANSLATED, WHAT DOES PHARAOH MEAN? | GREAT HOUSE |
| WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE NEW CAPITOL CITY MENES BUILT? | MEMPHIS |
| WHAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE OLD KINGDOM AROUND 2700 BC. | THE THIRD DYNASTY |
| HOW MANY YEARS DID THE OLD KINGDOM LAST? | AROUND 500 |
| WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WAS 80% OF THE POPULATION? | FARMERS AND SLAVES |
| WHO WAS AT THE TOP OF THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY? | THE PHARAOH |
| DEFINE NOBLE | PEOPLE FROM RICH AND POWERFUL FAMILIES |
| WHAT WAS KHUFU FAMOUS FOR? | HIS MONUMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE GREAT PYRAMID |
| THE BELIEF IN MANY GODS= | POLYTHEISM |
| WHAT IS EMBALMING? | A PROCESS TO PRESERVE BODIES |
| WHAT IS A PERSONS KA? | THEIR LIFE FORCE |
| MUMMIES ARE ___________. (DEFINITION) | SPECIALLY TREATED BODIES WRAPPED IN CLOTH |
| WHO ARE THE ELITE? | PEOPLE OF WEALTH AND POWER |
| PYRAMIDS ARE _____________. (DEFINITION) | HUGE,STONE TOMBS WITH FOUR TRIANGLE-SHAPED SIDES THAT MEET IN A POINT ON TOP |
| WHAT IS ENGINEERING? (DEFINE) | THE APPLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES |
| HOW TALL IS THE LARGEST PYRAMID? | 481 FEET |
| WHAT WERE THE PYRAMIDS BUILT OF? | MORE THEN 2 MILLION BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE |
| HOW MANY ACRES WIDE IS THE GREAT PYRAMIDS BASE? | 13 ACRES |
| WHEN WAS EGYPT AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS POWER AND GLORY? | THE NEW KINGDOM |
| WHO WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PHARAOH? | QUEEN HATSHEPSUT |
| WHAT WERE TRADE ROUTES? | PATHS FOLLOWED BY TRADERS |
| WHO DID RAMSES THE GREAT BEAT OFF? | THE HITTITES |
| AT WHAT AGE WAS RAMSES MADE AN ARMY CAPTAIN? | AGE TEN |
| DEFINE HIEROGLYPHICS | THE EGYPTIAN WRITING SYSTEM |
| WHAT IS PAPYRUS? | A LONG-LASTING,PAPER-LIKE MATERIAL MADE FROM REEDS |
| WHAT WAS THE "KEY" TO DECIPHERING HIEROGLYPHICS? | THE ROSETTA STONE |
| WHAT LANGUAGE ON THE ROSETTA STONE WAS THE "KEY"? | GREEK |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF EGYPT'S "GREATEST" TEMPLE? | KARNAK |
| WHAT IS A SPHINX? | A IMAGINARY CREATURE WITH THE BODY OF A LION AND THE HEAD OF A HUMAN |
| AN OBELISK IS ______________.(DEFINE) | A TALL,FOUR-SIDED PILLAR THAT IS POINTED ON TOP |
| ___________ TOMB WAS FOUND BY _____________. (ANSWER BOTH) | KING TUTANKHAMEN, HOWARD CARTER |
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