Chapter 3 - Ancient Egypt and Nubia (6th grade)

Question 1

how is the land of Nubia different from the land of Egypt

Accepted Answer

Nubia has tall cliffs of granite rock

Question 2

What is important about the Nile River?

Accepted Answer

longest river in the world

Question 3

the way people use and manage resources

Accepted Answer

economy

Question 4

Form of writing based on pictures

Accepted Answer

Hieroglyphics

Question 5

Valuable crop used to make paper

Accepted Answer

Papyrus

Question 6

Who would build the Great Pyramid when the Nile River was flooded

Accepted Answer

farmers

Question 7

Triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river that looks like fingers

Accepted Answer

Delta

Question 8

A mixture of soil and small rocks

Accepted Answer

Silt

Question 9

Stone building that housed the dead

Accepted Answer

Pyramid

Question 10

name given to fertile land near the Nile River

Accepted Answer

black land

Question 11

free

Accepted Answer

independent

Question 12

Which of the following made the Egyptian economy more prosperous?

Accepted Answer

trade

Question 13

why did Egyptians want granite blocks from Nubia's northern region?

Accepted Answer

to use in building their temples

Question 14

Title given to a king meaning ''great house''

Accepted Answer

Pharaoh

Question 15

Which of these kings is NOT said to have unified Egypt

Accepted Answer

Zoser

Question 16

To unite

Accepted Answer

Unify

Question 17

Waterfall

Accepted Answer

Cataract

Question 18

what discovery led to the ability to decode hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

rosetta stone

Question 19

preserved Egyptian body

Accepted Answer

mummy

Question 20

Which describes the route of the Nile River

Accepted Answer

beings in East Africa and flows Northward into Egypt

Questions 20