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Egypt1
5th Grade Test about Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The largest Desert in the world | Sahara |
| Located East of Egypt | Red Sea |
| Located between the two fingers of the Red Sea | Sinai Peninsula |
| Southern part of Egypt was called Upper Egypt because it was upstream, away from the mouth of the Nile River. True or False | TRUE |
| The longest river in the world | Nile |
| 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 |
| Referred to as the Gift of the Nile, because without the Nile this country would be a desert. | Egypt |
| A large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfalls. | Cataract |
| Part of the year in which weather conditions are somewhat alike. | Season |
| What did the Egyptiians base their seasons on? | Flooding |
| King of Upper and Lower Egypt | Menes |
| Means Great House | Pharaoh |
| First Pharaoh of Egypt | Akhenaton |
| Second in command to the King. Overseer of his works. | Vizier |
| A long pole with a bucket tied on one end to dip water from the Nile. | Shadoof |
| Dead Kings body preserved with chemicals. | Mummified |
| Huge Stone structures built as tombs for burying pharaohs. | pyramids |
| Pyramid built for King Khufu | The Great Pyramid |
| Only woman Pharoh and had a famous temple | Queen Hatshepsut |
| Monument that stands near the Great Pyramid | Great Sphinx |
| What did most Egyptians do for work? | FARMERS |
| Worn by the Egyptians because it reflects the sun. | White clothing |
| Considered sacred by the Egyptians. | cats |
| Like a secretary to the ruler or to the leaders in the army, court or temple | Scribe |
| Used to hold the paints. | Palette |
| Used to make the worlds first paperlike material | The papyrus plant |
| A long role of paper | Scroll |
| Form of Egyptian writing that the pictures usually stand for the objects pictured. | hieroglyphics |
| Serious shortage of food. | famine |
| Name the 3 seasons of Egypt | flooding, planting, harvest |
| What activities were done during the flooding season? | Building Buildings |
| What activities were done during the planting season | irrigation systems |
| What activities were done during the harvest season | Harvesting their crops. |
| Name the 4 early river civilizatons | Mesopotamia/Tigris and Euphrates Valley,Eygpt/Nile River, India/Indus River, China/Huang He |
| Name the two geographical features that naturally protected Egypt. | Hot dry red land, cataracts |
| Name often given to Egypt because the fertile land ends so abruptly where the dry barren land begins. | RED LAND, BLACK LAND |
| Land bridge between Israel and Egypt. | Sinai Pennisula |
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