Reading A Map
Vocabulary
Judaism
Egypt
Random
100
What does E represent on the map?
Upper Egypt
100
__________ is a large waterfall.
Cataract
100
Who is the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
100
The Nile is the __________ river.
Longest
100
What does F represent on the map?
Sinai Peninsula
200
What does D represent on the map?
Red Sea
200
A paper made from a plant that grew along the Nile River.
papyrus
200
What two religions did Judaism influence?
Christianity and Islam
200
When the Nile floods, it leaves behind ________ which fertilizes the land and makes it good for growing crops.
silt
200
What does G represent on the map?
Mediterranean Sea
300
What does C represent on the map?
Lower Egypt
300
A ________ is a solid shape with a polygon as a base and triangular faces that come to a point.
pyramid
300
What were the name of laws given to Moses?
10 Commandments
300
A ____________ is a stone coffin that holds a mummy.
sarcophagus
300
What does H represent on the map?
Nile River
400
What does B represent on the map?
Nile Delta
400
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
hieroglyphics
400
What is the holy book ( 1st five books of the old testament) for the Hebrews called?
Torah
400
_________________ held the four organs of the mummy.
Canopic Jars
400
Belief in ONE god
monotheism
500
What does A represent on the map?
Sahara Deser
500
A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river.
delta
500
What was the name of the land that God promised to the Israelites?
Canaan
500
The Nile River flows from ______________.
south to north
500
Belief in many gods
Polytheism