Ancient Egypt - Flashcard SY25

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When we talk about Ancient Egypt, about when was this? _________BCE. Options: around 1,500 BCE -1,000 BCE, around 3,000 BCE- 30 BCE, around 1-1,500 BCE

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around 3,000 BCE- 30 BCE

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About how many years did ancient Egypt last?

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3,000

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The large river in Egypt is named ___________.

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the Nile

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As the land gets closer to sea level approaching the Mediterranean sea, the Nile branches out into many smaller rivers. This area is called a ___________.

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delta

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___________ is the name of the country to the south of PRESENT day Egypt.

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Sudan

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Historians are able to interpret so much of Ancient Egypt’s history, events, and belief systems because they translated Egyptian text. They did this by using the ___________.

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Rosetta Stone

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___________ was one of the most famous of the writing systems in ancient Egypt.

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Hieroglyphics

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Egypt, was called “______________,” referring to its black soil.

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Kemet

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Over the course of several thousand years, Egypt’s rulers came from only about 30 families. These families of rulers that had one Pharaoh after another were called ____________.

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dynasties

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Ancient Egypt was a __________, which means that its government was run by the rules of the religion they followed.

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theocracy