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6th Grade
12/11/2011

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Why was the Nile River important to life in Ancient Egypt?

Definition
The river Nile was not just a source of water for the ancient Egyptians, the river was also a central point for them. They used the water for irrigation to water their crops. They also used the Nile to bathe. When the river gushed with water from the snows at the Ethiopian highlands the water was a religious object.  They believed their god, RA was rewarding them. They also used the Nile to grow crops on the banks as this soil was the most nutritional soil they could find so their crops would live.
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 What year was the Aswan Dam completed?

 

A. 1930   B. 1970

 

C. 1950   D. 1980

 

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1970

 

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What was the purpose of the Aswan Dam?

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Flood control, hydroelectric power, irrigation

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When were the tombs first built in the valley of the kings?

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                During the period of the New Kingdom        1570 BC to 1070 BC

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Is Nubia located in Northern Egypt or Southern Egypt?

 

A. Northern Egypt   B. Southern Egypt

 

 

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B. Southern Egypt

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What is the valley of the kings?

Definition

 

The valley of the kings is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom. 

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What is the red land?

Definition
The red land was the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides.The deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighbouring countries and invading armies.
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what is the black land?

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The black land was the fertile land on the banks of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians used this land for growing their crops. This was the only land in ancient Egypt that could be farmed because a layer of rich, black soil.

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What is the white nile?

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The white nile is a headstream of the Nile that joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile river.

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What is the blue nile?

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A headstream of the Nile that joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile river.

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What is Upper Egypt?

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Upper Egypt is the farthest south section of Egypt

 
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What is Lower Egypt?

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Lower Egypt is the farthest north section of Egypt

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Who is King Namar?
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King

Namar Menes was the first Egyptian pharaoh.

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Where does the word nubia come from?

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The name Nubia comes from Noba people, they settled in  the area in the 4th century.

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Where in egypt is the Valley of The Kings located?

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The Valley of the Kings stands on the west bank of the Nile, across from modern luxor, under the peak of the pyramid-shaped mountain. It is separated into the East and West Valleys, with most of the important tombs in the East Valley.

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Why do they have a white and a blue nile?

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The White and Blue Nile's are separate channels of the the Nile River

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True or False

 

Young boys learned a trade or craft from

their fathers or an artisan.

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True

 

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True or False

 

Children were expected to look after

their elderly parents.

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True

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True or False

 

Festivals held in Ancient Egypt were

usually holidays in honor of the gods.

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True

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True or False

 

The important gods had festivals in their

honor that were held by the priests.

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True

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