History

Question 1

What did ancient Egyptians use to water their crops (spelling counts)?

Answer 1

A shaduf.

Question 2

What is ancient Egyptian writing called (spelling counts)?

Answer 2

Hieroglyphics.

Question 3

What did ancient Egyptians write on before they wrote on paper?

Answer 3

Stone.

Question 4

How long is the Nile River?

Answer 4

6 600 km (4258 miles).

Question 5

Name three things the Nile is used for.

Answer 5

Answers: fertile soil, food, water, transport and it was part of ancient Egyptian religion.

Question 6

How did the red land help ancient Egyptians?

Answer 6

It gave them protection from other armies.

Question 7

What crop did the ancient Egyptians use to make paper?

Answer 7

Papyrus.

Question 8

Where does the Nile River begin?

Answer 8

Tanzania.

Question 9

Who was known as the boy king?

Answer 9

King Tutankhamun.

Question 10

What is the name of the river in Egypt?

Answer 10

The Nile

Question 11

Name three things that ancient Egyptians invented.

Answer 11

Any three from the following list: paper, the sail, the 365-day calendar, fractions, the ox-drawn lough, legal contracts, black ink.

Question 12

What is a society?

Answer 12

A community of people with shared laws and traditions.

Question 13

What is the word / name for an Egyptian king?

Answer 13

The pharaoh

Question 14

What was the person who gives advice and helps people sort out their problems?

Answer 14

An advisor

Question 15

What was a scribe?

Answer 15

A person whose job it is to write down important things.

Question 16

What are mummies?

Answer 16

Dead bodies preserved with oils and wrapped in strips of cloth for burial.

Question 17

Name two famous female pharaohs.

Answer 17

Cleopatra and Nefertiti

Question 18

Who was the first queen of Egypt?

Answer 18

Hatshepsut

Question 19

What is a pyramid?

Answer 19

A large stone tomb for an Egyptian king or queen, with sides like triangles.

Question 20

What is the name for a tall pointed stone put up in memory of a person?

Answer 20

An obelisk

Question 21

The discovery of the ____________ in 1799 enabled us to understand hieroglyphics?

Answer 21

Rosetta Stone

Question 22

What is the study of how living bodies work?

Answer 22

Physiology

Question 23

What is anatomy the study of?

Answer 23

How bones and muscles in the human body fit together.

Question 24

What is an activist

Answer 24

Someone who is actively involved in a protest or a political or social cause.

Question 25

When was Frances Baard born

Answer 25

1901

Question 26

What was the Gariep dam first called

Answer 26

The Verwoerd dam

Question 27

What are the oldest mountains in the world

Answer 27

The Makhonjwa Mountains

Question 28

Where is the Aloe found

Answer 28

In the Eastern Cape

Question 29

What is the Aloe used to cure

Answer 29

Stomach Aches

Question 30

What is heratige

Answer 30

Something that is handed down from the past

Question 31

Where was Frances Baard born

Answer 31

In Kimberley

Question 32

Where was the Gold Rhino found

Answer 32

In Mapungubwe