Ancient Egypt and the pyramids

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Watch the clip in class - try to answer as many questions as possible. If you need to, watch it again and answer the question once more. The link will be provided at the end of this questionnaire.

1. Three things are mentioned as being what most people think of when ancient Egypt is mentioned. Mark the correct alternative!

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The Greeks, Rome and Cleopatra

The Nile, The Alps and the Mississippi river

The pyramids, the desert and the river Nile

2. The Sahara desert is mentioned as being known as...

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the vast sea of sand

cold and barren

home of the nomads

3. What happens to the Nile during the wet season?

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a lot of fish come there to spawn

it is flooded

not much, same old river

4. How was ancient Egypt born according to the clip?

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all of a sudden it was there, no one can say why

Pharaoh created it

nomads that used to live close to the Nile took up farming

5. What would be the best translation of irrigation system?

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bevattningssystem/bevattningsanläggning

irritationsmoment

transportsystem

6. What would be the description of a surveyor's job?

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to prepare for war

to measure land and plan for irrigation systems

provide food and shelter for the poor

7. Trade business up and down the Nile made the Egyptians wealthy. Pick the best translation of wealthy.

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rich, well off

a person with a lot of experience

sad and depressed

8. For how long did the Pharaohs rule ancient Egypt?

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roughly a thousand years

at least five thousand years

more than three thousand years

9. What are hieroglyphics?

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treatment for swollen knees

pictures of things in nature

pictures representing sounds

10. The most famous symbols of ancient Egypt are....

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the Pharaohs

the pyramids

the drawings on walls

11. Who did the Egyptians believe that they would meet in their afterlife?

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The god Osisris

God

Buddha

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