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Ancient Egpt Units 1&2

Zannatul Wara Fairuz History Year 7 English 3.0Average rating 3.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 21 cards

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1Anceint EgyptUnit 1 & Unit 2
21. When did Rome conqour Egypt?30 BCE
32. What was the land south of the delta named?Upper Egypt
43. What happened in 3000BCE?King Menes united Upper & LOwer Egypt
54. What is Modern Egypt's capital city?Cairo
65. How much rain does it receive per year?35 millimeters (average)
76. True or False. Ancient Egypt didn't occupy (almost) the same area as Modern Egypt.False
87. Why won't hot deserts support life?No crops will grow and livestock will have nothing to eat.
98. What is King Menes also known as?Narmer
109. How long did Ancient Egyption civilisation last?3000 years
1110. What part of the Sahara did Ancient Egypt cover?North-eastern part
1211. Where does the White Nile start?Near Lake Victoria
1312. Who called Egypt "The Gift of the Nile"?Herodotus
1413. What is the name of the reed used to make paper?Papyrus
1514. why was the desert named The Red Land?The sand in it was red.
1615. How many seasons did the Ancient Egyptions have?3
1716. What were their names?Akhet, Peret and Shemu
1817. What was the "Season of Inudation"?Akhet
1918. What was the "Season of Drought"?Shemu
2019. What was the "Season of Emergance"?Peret
2120. What would happen if the flooding of the Nile was too low?Houses woud get destroyed and animals would drown.