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ANCIENT EGYPT
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| World's largest river which flows through Egypt | Nile River |
| In what continent is Egypt located? | Africa |
| The Ancients were able to live in Egypt because they were able to farm around | the Nile River |
| Which desert in Africa is the largest in the world? | Sahara Desert |
| What sea does the Nile River empty into? | Mediterranean Sea |
| In Egypt students in school used ____________________ to write on | papyrus |
| The rulers in Egypt were called | Pharaohs |
| Why were pyramids in Ancient Egypt built? | burial place for the dead |
| What did Egyptians think about death? | After-life |
| Many customs of Egyptian _________ focused on what happened after people died. | religion |
| The Egyptians built huge _____ as tombs for their pharaohs. | pyramids |
| The __________ was a period in Egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years, from about 270 to 2200 BC. | Old Kingdom |
| The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom who built the Pyramid of Giza | Khufu |
| As people form rich and powerful families, many priests and government officials in Egypt were also ______ | nobles |
| Egyptian ____________ used picture symbols to represent sounds | hieroglyphics |
| paintings from Egyptian tombs show the ______________ as an ideal world where all the people are young and healthy | afterlife |
| Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth | mummies |
| Egyptian learned how to make ______________, a long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds | papyrus |
| Egyptian temples often contained rows of stone _____, which were statues of imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans | sphinxes |
| Egyptian called the fertile soil the ______________ | Black Land |
| Period in which Ancient Egypt accomplished achievement in literature, art and architecture | Middle kingdom |
| Heavy rains ________ the Nile every summer | flooded |
| First female pharaoh | Hatshepsut |
| Strong leader who ruled a stable, unified Egypt. Art, literature, and architecture flourished during his reign | Senusret |
| The Nile River ended in a ________________ | delta |
| Name the three seasons in Ancient Egypt: | flooding, planting, harvesting |
| An Egyptian pharaoh was considered to be a | God |
| Largest social class in Ancient Egypt | peasants |
| Special advisor to the pharaoh, who made sure that the local governors were doing their jobs well | vizier |
| Triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river | a delta |
| People from rich and power families | nobles |
| Person whose job was to record events, contracts, taking census | scribe |
| Huge, stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that meet a at a top point | the pyramids |
| River rapids | cataracts |
| Series of rulers from the same family | dynasty |
| Tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape | obelisk |
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