Mount Everest
Vocabulary
Ancient Egypt
General History
Miscellaneous
100

On which continent is Mount Everest located?

Asia

100

Who is said to have unified Upper and Lower Egypt and started the first dynasty?

Menes

100

Adolf Hitler was the leader of which country during WWII?

Germany

100

How many feet in 15.5 yards?

46.5 feet

200

Mount Everest is part of the Himalaya mountain range, which borders which two countries?

Nepal and China (Tibet)

200

3/4 x 2/3 =

1/2

200

During which time period were most of the pyramids built?

During the Old Kingdom

200

Name the two rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia.

The Tigris River and the Euphrates River

200

How many centimeters are in 25 meters?

250 cm

300

What religion do the Tibetan Sherpas practice?

Buddhism

300

What is the GCF for 54, 99,  and 36?

3

300

During the mummification process, which body parts were removed and preserved?

The intestines, the lungs, the liver, and the stomach.

300

When was WWII?

1939-1945

300

What is the perimeter and area, of a rectangle with the sides 6 cm and 9 cm?

perimeter= 30 cm

area= 54 cm2

400

Who were the first two individuals to reach Mount Everest's summit?

Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa, Tenzing Norgay

400

Add    5 1/9  -  4  1/6 =

17/18

400

What is the name of the jars that held the internal organs removed during the mummification process?

canopic jars

400

How did the Phoenician alphabet differ from cuneiform script?

In cuneiform, each symbol represented a word.  In the Phoenician alphabet, each symbol represented a sound.

400

144 in = __________ yards

4 yards

500

Multiply  3  1/4  x  4/3

4  1/3

500
Why was it important for the ancient Egyptians to figure out the length of their year?

Since they were farmers, they needed to know when the Nile would flood.

500

There are 49 people at a party. 4/7 of them are girls.  How many boys are there?

28 boys

500

Give the elapsed time from 2:15 am to 3:02 pm

12 hours 47 min

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