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100

What are hieroglyphics?

Ancient Egyptians' writing.

100

A diagram of Egypt’s social classes has the shape of a:

     a.     cone

     b.     cube

     c.     pyramid

     d.     sphere

C. Pyramid

100

Define the word Papyrus.

Plant material used for writing.

200

True or False:

For the Nile River, upstream means it flows to South.

True.

200

What type of land bordered the Nile River in Egypt?

     a.     Deserts

     b.     Marshes

     c.     Mountains

     d.     Savannas

A. Deserts

200

EXPLAIN one way that the Nile river helped ancient Egypt.

Bathing – Clean 

Drinking – Life

Crops – Food

Transportation – Tourists/Money

300

The best definition of the word Cataracts is:

A) Dangerous fast-moving water.                      

B) Slow moving water.

C) Rule by religion.                        

D) The Nile River.

A) Dangerous fast-moving water.          

300

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a:

a.     cadaver.

     b.     corpse.

     c.     morgue.

     d.     mummy.

D. Mummy

300

What is DBQitty's favorite phrase when using information from a document?

"According to Document..."
400

An example of scarcity would be:

A) Running out of food in a city.

B) Scared that your rule would mummify you.

C) Running out of food during lunch.

A) Running out of food in a city.

400

Which of these was a result of the Nile River’s flooding?

     a.     Shadoofs were used to completely dry up the Nile River.

     b.     The farmers moved away from the Nile during flood season.

     c.     The farmers started farming deep in the desert.

     d.     The farmers used complex math to calculate where to move outside of Egypt.

   b.     The farmers moved away from the Nile during flood season.

400

Compare the way rulers got power in ancient China to how rulers got power in ancient Egypt.

China – Mandate of Heaven 

Egypt – Pharaoh was a God

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