The land by the Nile Flashcards

1
Q

5100 years ago there was a king what was his name?

A

Menes

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2
Q

Where does the setting take place?

A

In Egypt

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3
Q

What flies south to Italy?

A

Swallows

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4
Q

Who worshiped the Nile like it was God?

A

Egyptians

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5
Q

What was a king of Egypt called?

A

Pharaohs

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6
Q

Which king lived in 2500 BC?

A

King Cheops

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7
Q

Who believed in many gods?

A

Egyptians

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8
Q

What was a single block of granite called?

A

Obelisks

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9
Q

Where can you see an Obelisk?

A

London by the Thames

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10
Q

What kind of animal was sacred ?

A

Sphinx

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11
Q

What kind of whip did the kings have?

A

Hippopotamus skin whip

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12
Q

How long have Sphinx been guarding the tombs of pharaohs?

A

For more than five thousand years

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13
Q

What did they rub on dead people?

A

Ointments and the juices of certain plants

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14
Q

A dead body preserved today is called a what?

A

Mummy

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15
Q

What was a coffin made out of?

A

Wood

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16
Q

Why did they use long strips of cloth?

A

So it wouldn’t decay

17
Q

A blank what intended to be a dwelling?

A

Tomb

18
Q

Who was immensely powerful?

A

Pharaohs

19
Q

In the hymn what did they talk about?

A

Barley, wheat and cattle

20
Q

Twice a year blank filled it’s sources?

A

Heavy rain

21
Q

When the waters blank?

A

withdrew

22
Q

What was the name of the sun god, and the god of the dead?

A

Sun God- Amon
The God of the dead- Anubis

23
Q

What was King Cheops Tomb made out of?

A

A whole stone mountain

24
Q

A tomb was intended to be a blank for the soul?

A

Dwelling for the soul when it returned to visit its body

25
Q

Which Egyptian God had the head of a jackal?

A

Anubis

26
Q

What was represented in animal form?

A

Gods

27
Q

Would you like to hear a hymn they sang to their river happened how long ago?

A

Four thousand years ago

28
Q

What is a cathedral?

A

A large church

29
Q

Who summoned all his subjects to help construct his tomb?

A

King Cheops

30
Q

But the mummies of other kings and those of many ancient Egyptians have been blank in their tombs?

A

Undisturbed

31
Q

They had no machines in those days what did they have instead ?

A

Only rollers and pulleys

32
Q

For thirty years, some hundred thousand toiled for the blank?

A

Pharaoh

33
Q

They had to blank and blank every single block by hand

A

Pull and Shove