Topic 3 Ancient Egyptian Civilization Review

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Pharaohs relied on government officials, or ___, to help them carry out their orders.

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bureaucrats

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Priests worked carefully to ___ the bodies of the dead, making mummies that were then buried in tombs.

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embalm

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The land along the Nile River in the Sudan is covered by ___ that provided the Nubians grass to feed their livestock.

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savannas

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Kushites had large trade networks that brought them many valuable goods, including ___ that could be used to make clothing.

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textiles

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Pharaohs passed the right to rule on to their children, establishing a(n) ___ that ruled Egypt for many years.

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dynasty

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Ancient Egyptians developed the first ___.

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medical books

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Why was Lower Egypt north of Upper Egypt?

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The Nile River flowed south to north.

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Excerpt:

“ Most aspects of Egyptian religion can be traced back to the people’s observation of the environment.  …Egyptian theology (religious beliefs) attempted…to explain these cosmic (related to the universe) phenomena, incomprehensible  to humans, by means of a series of understandable metaphors(comparisons) based upton natural cycles and understandable experiences.” 

-from Religion in the Lives of Ancient Egyptians.

Based on this excerpt, it can be inferred that ancient Egyptians ___

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believed the gods controlled the sun and river.

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How do Egyptians use a shadoof?

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to lift buckets of water from the Nile onto dry land

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Who was Osiris to the ancient Egyptians?

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god of the afterlife