Grade 7 - Level I

Social Studies Weekly Exam Material

Week: 8 From: Feb. 10 Till Feb. 14, 2019

Exam Timetable:

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

HW

Questions in bold are Grid Questions

Questions in italic are Poorly Answered Questions in past exam(s).
Questions with ** indicate anticipated low average questions.
HW Material: 1819-HIH28
Sample Questions Exam

1. Know where is the Great Pyramid located

2. Know What is the Sphinx?

3. Know how many stones were used to build the great pyramid

4. Know role of honey in medicine

5. Know which sea does the River Nile flow

6. Know how long is the River Nile

7. Know which two rivers the Nile is made up of

8. Know what an ideogram was

9. Know how the Egyptians irrigated their farmland.

10. Know the other occupation of priests in Ancient Egypt.

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11. Know what process helped the Egyptians learn more about human anatomy

12. Know what was the Ebers Papyrus

13. Know why was there a need to develop mummification

14. Know what were the responsibilities of the nomarch

15. Know what was the name given to Egypt’s regions

16. Know why did the Pharaoh abolish the system of Nomarchs

17. Know what is a phonogram

18. Know the people which most elaborate sarcophaguses.

19. Know what papyrus is.

20. Know how the New Kingdom started.

21. Know who the Egyptians learnt new methods in fighting from.

22. Know which animals was not kept by the Egyptians

23. Know which goods would Egyptians trade to other regions

24. Know which goods did Egyptians buy from others

25. Know what were the low, rectangular buildings called that the pharaohs were first
entombed in

26. Know which pharaoh built the Step Pyramid, the first pyramid in Ancient Egypt

27. Know what the Egyptians thought was in the underworld.

28. Know the judge in the underworld.

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29. Know where was an ideal version of Egypt.

30. Know what is a ba and ka.

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Answers:
1. Know where is the Great Pyramid located
Sample question answer:
The Great Pyramid is in Giza.

2. Know What is the Sphinx?

Sample question answer:
The Sphinx is a lion’s body with a human’s head.

3. Know how many stones were used to build the great pyramid
Sample question answer:
2.3 million stones were used to build the great pyramids.

4. Know role of honey in medicine

Sample question answer:
Honey was used to dress wounds because it was a natural antibiotic and stopped
infection.

5. Know which sea does the River Nile flow

Sample question answer:
The River Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea

6. Know how long is the River Nile

Sample question answer:
The River Nile is 4160 miles long

7. Know which two rivers the Nile is made up of

Sample question answer:
The Nile is made up of the Blue Nile and the White Nile

8. Know what an ideogram was

Sample question answer:
An ideogram was a picture that represented a whole word.

9. Know how the Egyptians irrigated their farmland.

Sample question answer:
The Egyptians irrigated their land by digging a network of canals so when the river
flooded
they could channel the water.

10. Know the other occupation of priests in Ancient Egypt.

Sample question answer:
Many doctors were also priests

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11. Know what process helped the Egyptians learn more about human anatomy
Sample question answer:
The process of mummification helped the Egyptians learn more about human
anatomy

12. Know what was the Ebers Papyrus

Sample question answer:
The Ebers papyrus gave us more information on Egyptian medicine

13. Know why was there a need to develop mummification

Sample question answer:
Mummification was needed as coffins rotted the bodies without exposure to the
desert air.

14. Know what were the responsibilities of the nomarch

Sample question answer:
The nomarch was responsible for the maintenance of irrigation and local justice.

15. Know what was the name given to Egypt’s regions

Sample question answer:
Egypt’s regions were called nomes.

16. Know why did the Pharaoh abolish the system of Nomarchs
Sample question answer:
Nomarchs were abolished as they threatened the power of the pharaoh.

17. Know what is a phonogram

Sample question answer:
A phonogram is a symbol that represents a sound.

18. Know the people which most elaborate sarcophaguses.

Sample question answer:
Pharaohs had the most elaborate burials and sarcophaguses.

19. Know what papyrus is.

Sample question answer:
Papyrus is a paper-like material made from reeds that grow along the banks of the
Nile.

20. Know how the New Kingdom started.

Sample question answer:
The New Kingdom began with the Theban Pharaohs defeating the Hyksos invaders.

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21. Know who the Egyptians learnt new methods in fighting from.
Sample question answer:
The Egyptians improved weapons and techniques from the Hyksos.

22. Know which animals was not kept by the Egyptians

Sample question answer:
Egyptian farmers kept pigs, goats, bees and cows on their farms.

23. Know which goods would Egyptians trade to other regions

Sample question answer:
The Egyptians traded salt with other regions.

24. Know which goods did Egyptians buy from others

Sample question answer:
The Egyptians would buy gold from other countries.

25. Know what were the low, rectangular buildings called that the pharaohs were first
entombed in
Sample question answer:
Mastabas were the buildings pharaohs were first entombed in.

26. Know which pharaoh built the Step Pyramid, the first pyramid in Ancient Egypt
Sample question answer:
Djoser built the Step Pyramid.

27. Know what the Egyptians thought was in the underworld.

Sample question answer:
They believed the underworld was full of monsters and animals.

28. Know the judge in the underworld.

Sample question answer:
Anubis was the god who judged people in the underworld.

29. Know where was an ideal version of Egypt.

Sample question answer:
They believed the afterlife was an ideal version of Egypt.

30. Know what is a ba and ka.

Sample question answer:
A ka was the name given to the invisible twin released from the body after death.

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