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| Which two important regions of ancient Egypt did the Nile River flow through? | Upper and Lower Egypt
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| Why is the flooding of the Nile good for farming? | It washed fertile silt onto the land.
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| In ancient Egypt, farms grew into blank and then blank. | villages; cities
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| How did Egyptian farmers water their crops? | A system of canals
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| Which natural barriers initially protected ancient Egyptians from their neighbors? | Desert to west, Mediterranean Sea to north, desert and Red Sea to east, cataracts on Nile to south
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| Who emerged as village leaders in ancient Egypt by 3200 B.C.? | Farmers
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| Who do historians believe to be Egypt’s first pharaoh? What did he do? | Menes; he unified upper and lower Egypt.
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| What did the double crown symbolize? | The unification of Egypt as one kingdom
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| Menes and his descendants were the first blank to rule Egypt. | dynasty
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| The pharaoh of Egypt was considered both a blank and a blank. | king;god
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| Who would the Egyptians blame if there was disease or drought? | The pharaoh
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| What was much of Egyptian religion focused on? | The afterlife
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| What is ka? What did Egyptians believe happened to ka after a person died? | A ka is a person’s life force. The Egyptians believed the ka left the body, but stayed near it (stayed linked to body). The ka needed food, drink, and entertainment just like a human, though.
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| What was the burial practice of ancient Egyptians? | The Egyptians preserved the body before burying it so that the ka would be able to recognize it
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| Egyptians built pyramids to be grand and spectacular because… | Pharaohs wanted to be remembered as great. The people were always trying to please the pharaoh, too, because he was a god. If the pharaoh’s ka was happy, then the people’s ka would be happy. The pyramid was the stairway to the heavens.
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| Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt to begin the New Kingdom? | Ahmose of Thebes
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| 21. Why was there a growth in trade during the New kingdom? | There was a growth in trade because Egypt conquered many new lands.
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| After the wars in the Middle Kingdom, Egyptians created a professional army and took control of all possible blank leading into the kingdom. | invasion routes
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| The majority of Egyptians were employed as blank. | farmers
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| Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry and other treasures? | So the ka wouldn’t get bored
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| How did the Rosetta stone help scholars and historians in their study of hieroglyphics? | The stone had hieroglyphics and two other languages inscribed. Scholars were able to decipher and read hieroglyphics because all three texts said the same thing.
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| In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh had many responsibilities. What were at least three of these- be specific. (check Brain Pop-Pharaohs) | They had to make sure crops were growing, had to prevent disease and lead armies in war. Collect taxes, oversee trade and construction, make laws
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