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Question 1 - 10

• According to Egyptian Myth, how were the five extra days added to the calendar?

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• Thoth won them in a dice game from the moon.

Question 1 - 20

• Which Egyptian god was considered most important?

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• Ra

Question 1 - 30

• Why was the Nile considered so important that the Egyptians prayed to several gods about it?

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• The Nile River was the life source of Egypt because it provided water for irrigation. Egyptians wanted to make certain that it would flood properly.

Question 1 - 40

• A _________________________ is a fertile place in the desert where plant life can grow.

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• Oasis

Question 1 - 50

• was used to cover the body of Egyptians who were mummified.

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• Natron and Bandages

Question 2 - 10

• ___________jars were used to hold the vital organs of the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs who were mummified.

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• Canopic

Question 2 - 20

• When funerals were held, priests wore the mask of __________.

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• Anubis

Question 2 - 30

• Why did the builders of the pyramids make fake tunnels?

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• To confuse robbers

Question 2 - 40

• Herodotus, a Greek historian, described Egypt as

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• The Gift of the Nile

Question 2 - 50

• The Egyptian Pharaoh and his wife who were monotheistic and worshipped the god Aton

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• Akhenaton and Nefertiti

Question 3 - 10

• Put these events in order

I. Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.II. King Narmer unites Egypt and records it on the Narmer Palette.III.The first step pyramid is builtIV.Cleopatra kills herself and the Romans conquer Egypt.

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• II, III, I, IV

Question 3 - 20

• Social Scientists would call Egypt a Theocracy because…

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• The government was based on religion

Question 3 - 30

• Which of the following is an OPINION?A. Artists who painted and sculpted were more

talented than anywhere else in the world.B. The pharaohs were considered to be gods.C. The first pyramids were made with mud

bricks.D. Ancient doctors knew about the body,

antiseptics and surgery.

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• A

Question 3 - 40

• The place where a river begins

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• source

Question 3 - 50

• The rainy season

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• Akhet

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• The growing/planting season

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• peret

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• The plant used to make Egyptian paper

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• papyrus

Question 4 - 30

• A stream or smaller river that branches off of a large river

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• tributary

Question 4 - 40

• A fan shaped fertile area at the mouth of a river.

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• delta

Question 4 - 50

• A group of leaders from the same family

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• Dynasty

Question 5 - 10

• Finish these lyrics…If you ever leave me baby, leave some __________

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• Morphine at my door

Question 5 - 20

• Member of the girl band TLC who died in a car wreck. She always wore something over her “Left Eye”

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• Lisa “LEFT EYE” Lopez

Question 5 - 30

• The four judges on X FACTOR

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• LA Reid• Simon Cowell• Demi Lavato• Brittany Spears

Question 5 - 40

• Winner of American Idol last season

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• Phillip Phillips

Question 5 - 50

• The best Social Studies Teacher in the WORLD

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• Mr. Burney