The land by the Nile Flashcards

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Decreed meaning.

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An official proclamation or order

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Toil meaning.

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To accomplish very hard work

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Cathedral meaning.

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The principal church of a diocese

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Clamber meaning.

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Climb, move, or get in our out of something in an awkward and laborious way

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Overseer meaning.

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A person who supervises others

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Immense meaning.

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Extremely large or great

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Consort meaning.

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A companion in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch

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Obelisks meaning.

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A stone pillar typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramid top

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Dwelling meaning.

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A house, apartment, or other place of residence

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Vivid meaning.

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producing strong or powerful feelings

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Thresh meaning.

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Separate grain from a plant typically with a flail

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Laden meaning.

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Heavily loaded or weighted down

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Tribute meaning.

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An act statement or gift that is intended to show gratitude

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Somersault meaning.

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An acrobatic movement in which a person turns head over heals in the air or on the ground and lands or finishes on their feet

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Zigzag meaning.

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A line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns

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Legible meaning.

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Clear enough to read

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Sacred meaning.

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Connected with god

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Conformity meaning.

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Compliance with standards, rules, or laws

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Reign meaning.

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Hold royal office

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Sustained meaning.

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Continuing for an extended period or without interruption

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Utterly meaning.

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Completely and without qualification

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Severe meaning.

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Something bad or undesirable very great or intense

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Rigid meaning.

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unable to bend or be forced out of shape

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Solemn meaning.

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Formal or serious

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Endured meaning.
Suffer something painful of difficult
26
What time did we believe King Menes was ruling over Egypt?
3100 BC
27
What direction does the bird Swallows fly when it gets cold?
South
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Egypt gets very little rain but the Nile flows through the middle of the country. True or False?
True
29
Twice a year when heavy rain fills the Nile it floods the whole land. True or False?
True
30
The Nile helps the desert by giving it water. True or False?
True
31
What were the kings of Egypt called?
Pharaohs
32
King Cheops who lived in about 2500 BC summoned his subjects to help construct his tomb they built the tomb like a mountain. True or False?
True
33
They had machines to make the big tomb. True of False?
False
34
In front of the temples they had obelisks. True or False?
True
35
Sphinx have been guarding the tombs of the pharaohs for how many years?
More then five thousand years
36
They rubbed them with ointments and juices from certain plants and bandaged them with long strips of cloth. What is that called?
A mummy
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The tombs were intended to be dwelling for the soul when it returned to the body for this reason they put food, furniture, clothes, and paintings. True or False?
True
38
Hieroglyphs were like solving a really hard picture painting. True or False?
True
39
The Egyptian Empire lasted the longest out of any empire in the world. How many years did it last?
Nearly three thousand years
40
A king called Akhenaton who lived around 1370 BC did not like the Egyptian religion so he made them believe there was only one God which is the Son God. True or False?
True
41
For nearly three and a half more centuries people continued to put mummy's in tombs, write in hieroglyphs, and pray to the same gods. True or False?
True