HIST Flashcards

1
Q

DELTA

A

a piece of land that has slowy built up over the years by the the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river

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2
Q

famine

A

a period of serios shortuge of ford

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3
Q

vizier

A

overseer of all works

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4
Q

pharaoh

A

ruler of Egypt

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5
Q

WHAT DID THEY DO WHEN FLOOD SEASON HAPPEND

A

they made there building straight

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6
Q

planting

A

Egyptians plant seeds and plow soil

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7
Q

harvest season

A

the Egytians pressed the grapes with there feet and turned it in to grape juice

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8
Q

because the Nile is imortant egypt is often called the __?___ of the nile

A

gift

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9
Q

true or false a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfall is a palette

A

false it is cataract

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10
Q

true or false along pole with a bucket tied on one end todie water from the nile is shadoof

A

true

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11
Q

true or false were placed inside large and costly tombs is mummy

A

true

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12
Q

true or false a mounment were tall pointed pillars is called scroll

A

FALSE it is obelisk

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13
Q

what desert take up most of egypt

A

sahara desert

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14
Q

king of upper and lower Egypt

A

menys

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15
Q

the first pharaoh

A

akhenaton

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16
Q

built the great pyramid as his tomb

A

khofu

17
Q

a vizier mentioned in the bible

A

joseph

18
Q

ancient egypts only woman pharaoh

A

queen hatshepsat

19
Q

the pharaoh whose tomb is more famouse the he

A

king tut

20
Q

scribe

A

a secretary to the ruler or to leaders i the army the count or the temple