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Vocab: 1st female pharaoh with full powers who increased Egypt’s wealth by expanding trade routes and built 100s of obelisks, temples, and statues
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Vocab: a type of paper made out of reeds
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Vocab: northern part of Egypt
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Vocab: the process of preserving a dead body to prevent it from decaying
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Vocab: stable time period known for reunification after civil war and rise in art, literature, and architecture
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Vocab: most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom who built Great Pyramid in Giza
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Vocab: longest river in the world that made civilization in Egypt possible
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Vocab: regional governors who often competed with pharaohs for political power
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Vocab: a stone slab carved with the same message in three languages that helped scholars learn to read hieroglyphics
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Vocab: time period known for strong centralized government, economic growth, and construction of pyramids
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Vocab: a tall, four-sided stone pillar with a pointed top → built to honor the gods or pharaohs
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Vocab: rocky rapids or waterfalls in the Nile River that made travel difficult and protected Egypt from invaders
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Vocab: a life that began after death
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Vocab: first king who unified Upper and Lower Egypt
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Vocab: young pharaoh who brought back polytheism; only royal burial tomb found intact in modern times
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Vocab: most successful time period known for military expansion, famous pharaohs, and wealth
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Vocab: fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river
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Vocab: pharaoh’s top adviser who helped run the government, manage taxes, and enforced laws
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Vocab: Egyptian writing system that used symbols for words or ideas
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Vocab: a group of rulers from the same family
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Vocab: ruler of Egypt; believed to be both a king and a god
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Vocab: popular pharaoh and military leader who expanded borders, built many monuments, and ruled for over 60 years
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Vocab: a type of government ruled by religious leaders who are believed to be guided by a god/gods
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Vocab:a large stone building with triangular sides built as a tomb for a pharaoh
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Vocab: southern part of Egypt
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Vocab: successful warrior pharaoh who expanded borders out of the Nile River Valley, making Egypt a true empire
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What was the purpose of mummification?
It kept bodies from getting smelly which made people sick.
It was practice for new doctors to see how the body worked.
They were important decorations for pharaohs and priests.
It kept the body intact so the person's spirit could rejoin it and go to the afterlife.
What is unique about the Nile River?
It is the widest river in the world.
It has the largest flood plain in the world.
It flows from south to north.
It flows slower than most rivers.
Ma'at is...
the idea of balance and harmony on Earth and in the universe.
the name of the pharaoh's most important temple.
the best part of the afterlife.
the ceremony of weighing a person's heart against the feather of truth.
Which popular pharaoh ruled for 66 years, expanded Egypt's empire, and ordered the construction of several famous landmarks?
Khufu
Menes
Ramses the Great
Tutankhamun
How did historians decode hieroglyphics?
They used the Rosetta Stone to compare hieroglyphics and Greek.
They still cannot understand hieroglyphics.
The used a numerical code that assigned each hieroglyphic a sound or idea.
They met someone whose grandparents taught them how to read and write in hieroglyphics.
Which pharaoh is known for reversing the previous pharaoh's rules about religion and having their tomb found intact in modern times?
Ramses the Great
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamun
Akhenaten
Why did Egyptians settle around the Nile Delta?
It was the rainiest part of Africa.
The soil was good for farming.
The weather was milder here than other parts of Egypt.
There were lots of natural barriers to protect them.
Which group of people overpowered the Egyptians with their use of chariots and bronze weapons, ending the Middle Kingdom?
Greeks
Hyksos
Persians
Romans
True or false: Kush was a poor civilization with no natural resources.
True
False
True or false: all women worked in the home by cooking, cleaning, and raising families
True
False
What is Pharaoh Akhenaten most known for?
Building more temples than any other pharaoh
Outlawing traditional polytheistic religion and replacing it with a monotheistic religion focused on his favorite god
Ruling longer than any other pharaoh in known history
Inventing a new material that was stronger than bronze
True or false: Egyptians destroyed all internal organs during mummification.
True
False
Who were the local governors who competed with pharaohs for political power?
Viziers
Priests
Nomarchs
Scribes
Which position in the social hierarchy includes builders, jewelers, painters, stonecutters, etc.?
Artisans
Merchants
Scribes
Servants
True or false: Ancient Egypt was originally divided into two separate kingdoms- a southern section called Upper Egypt and a northern section called Lower Egypt.
True
False
Match the following.
Isis
goddess of magic and healing
Anubis
god of mummification and cemeteries
Ma'at
goddess of truth, justice, and harmony
Osiris
god of Underworld and agriculture
Ra
god of sun and creator of humanity
Which pharaoh is known for increasing Egypt's wealth by expanding trade routes and building many temples, statues, and obelisks?
Ramses the Great
Hatshepsut
Menes
Akhenaten
True or false: pharaohs were buried with valuable possessions so they could have them in the afterlife.
True
False
True or false: the pharaoh was considered to be a god in human form.
True
False
True or false: sons were encouraged to choose any profession, regardless of what their fathers did.
True
False
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