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Social studies ancient Egypt part 1
Egyptians used a shadoof to move water
Egypt gets a lot of rainfall
Social studies ancient Egypt part 1
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Egypt gets a lot of rainfall
True
False
2
Egyptians used a shadoof to move water
True
False
3
Bureaucrats were appointed officials of pharaohs
All of the above
In charge of irrigation canals, cross
Controlled trade and connected farmers taxes
Stored grain for people
4
Water forms rapids where River meets called cataracts
True
False
5
Blue Nile is located in
Eastern Africa
Northern Egypt
Southern Egypt
Western Africa
6
Mesopotamia did better say protecting people from invaders than Egypt
True
False
7
Hieroglyphic pictures and sound symbols were
Both red and blue
Used to communicate
None of the above
Stuff for objects vs ideas
8
Egyptians farmed
Rich soil brought by floods
All of the above
Did basins and canal’s to catch water
Irrigated dry seasons
9
Branches of which River provide rich soil
Delta
Nile
Atlantic
Sahara
10
Papyrus was a red plant Egyptians harvested to make
Sandals
Rubber rafts
All of the above
Baskets
11
Egypt was a theocracy
False
True
12
Nile River flows away from Africa
False
True
13
Red land was the hot desert that kept out armies from Egypt
True
False
14
Artisans were able to
All of the above
Make cloth, pottery, and carved statues
Shadow copper into weapons and tools
Started to trade goods with each other and travel
15
Old kingdom
Kings, pharaoh set up government
Bolt cities and expanded trade
All of the above
Began around 2600 BC
16
Dynasty is known as power passed down through family for years
True
False
17
Egyptians relied on Nile River for
Making baskets
Fishing farming cooking cleaning
Swimming
Having picnics
18
Nile River helped Egyptians
Marshy delta kept out enemies
River provided water for drinking and growing crops
All of the above
Cataracts kept our invaders
19
During the summer, the Nile spilled over banks, leaving layer of rich dark mud
False
True
20
Egyptians villages had friendlier contact than Mesopotamia city states
False
True
21
Nile flows north from heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.
True
False
22
Egyptians believed their pharaoh was the son of are, Egyptian Sun god
False
True
23
5000 BC is when settlement began in Nile River valley?
True
False
24
Delta is
Area of rich soil from Nile River
Egyptian good
Hot desert land
25
Large ships can sail through cataracts?
True
False
26
Scribe was record keeper for protest, rulers and traders
False
True
27
The Nile River had regular flooding from
Both red and yellow
None of the above
Rain
Melted snow
28
What two rivers meet to form the Nile?
Black Nile and white Nile
Blue Nile and white Nile
Blue Nile and yellow Nile
Red Nike and black Nile
29
Egyptians developed writing system called
Hieroglyphic
Pictograph
Cave drawing
None of the above
30
750BC Kush conquers Egypt
False
True
31
Scribes study reading and writing for
Invented a simpler script and wrote on papyrus
Of the above
Carving public messages into stone walls and monuments
Record info for higher people
32
4000 BC , Egypt had government forming of two kingdoms
Upper Egypt in south along Nile River
Both red and green
None
Lower Egypt in north, Nile delta
33
Narmer led his armies to take control of
The Nile delta
Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
34
Egyptians planted
All of the above
Wheat
Flax seeds
Barley
35
White is NOT in central Africa
True
False
36
List the Egypt kingdoms in order
New, middle, old
None of the above
Old, middle, new
Middle, old, new
37
Papyrus was NOT used to make writing paper
True
False
38
What waters appeared Egyptians to trade with the outside world
None of the above
Red Sea
Both red and blue
Mediterranean Sea
39
3100 BC Narmer was king of upper Egypt.
True
False
40
Theocracy is where the pharaoh was both a political and religious leader
True
False