5th Grade History Test 6 Flashcards
List the three Egyptian seasons and the type of work done during each season.
Planting - plant all crops
Harvest - gather all crops
Flooding - the Nile River would flood
a piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
delta
a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfalls
cataract
a period of serious shortage of food
famine
means “great house”
pharaoh
“Overseer of All Works of the King”
vizier
a long pole with a bucket tied on one end to dip water from the Nile
shadoof
a dead body preserved with chemicals
mummy
huge structures where Egyptian rulers were buried
pyramids
What peninsula has been a land bridge between Africa and Asia?
the Sinai Peninsula
What is the world’s longest river?
the Nile River
Because the Nile is so important, Egypt is often called
“the Gift of the Nile”
Because the fertile land in Egypt ends so abruptly, what did the ancient Egyptians call their land?
“Red Land, Black Land”
What is the largest of the pyramids standing today?
the Great Pyramid
What famous monument has the head of a man and the body of a lion?
the Great Sphinx
