Abeka 5th Grade History Test 6

The large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu was

world's largest desert

The desert that covers most of Egypt is the

The secretary to the ruler in a court was called a

a highland plain

highest mountain in Africa

The "Gift of the Nile" is another name for

What were the three Egyptian seasons?

world's first paperlike material

monument with the head of a man and the body of a lion that stands near the pyramids

a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life

world's longest river

a buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river

a time of serious food shortage

the first pharoah

a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra

ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects

the world's second largest continent

The irrigation device used by Egyptians was the

second in command to the Egyptian king

The Bible character who became a vizier

a landform that rises higher than a hill

The King who united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt was

a flat or level area of land

low land between hills or mountains

What two landforms gave special protection to Egypt?

The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing was the

The only woman pharoah in ancient Egypt

The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharoahs have been found

the pharoah whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt

a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls

the one reason Egypt declined in power

title given to an Egyptian king