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A review of Unit 2 Egypt

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What does KEMET mean   Black Land  
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What was a consistent feature of the floods of the Nile?   predictable  
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What is the length of the Nile River?   4160 miles  
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There are 6 of these on the Nile   cataracts  
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The marshy fan shaped area emptying into the Mediterranean   Nile Delta  
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the Delta is known as ?   Lower Egypt  
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The Land upstream to the South was called   Upper Egypt  
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What Natural Barriers to the East protected Egypt   Red Sea  
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What Natural Barriers to the North protected Egypt   Mediterranean  
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What Natural Barriers to the West protected Egypt   deserts  
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What Natural Barriers are on the Nile that protected Egypt   cataracts  
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monarchy?   unrestricted rule of a King  
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Who united the large kingdoms of lower and upper egypt   Menes  
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dynasty   line of rulers from one family  
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The number of dynasties in Ancient Egypt   thirty  
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the number of kingdoms in Ancient Egyptian History   three  
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the king is both the political and religious leader   theocracy  
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delegation of government responsibilities   bureaucracy  
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Pharoah's Bureaucratic leader   Vizier  
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deciphered by the Rosetta Stone   Hieroglyphics  
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pyramids and mummies were examples of belief   afterlife  
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built during Old Kingdom   Pyramids  
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preserved the physical body   mummification  
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guards the Great Pyramids   Sphinx  
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monuments at Giza   Great Pyramids  
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Step Pyramid built for him   King Djoser  
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The capital of the Old Kingdom   Memphis  
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The capital of the New Kingdom   Thebes  
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Akhenaton's capital   Akhetaton  
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conquered Egypt using Bronze weapons and Chariots   Hyksos  
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New Kingdom first pharaoh   Ahmose  
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female pharoah   Hatshepsut  
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Aton   Akhenaton's god  
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succeeded Akhenaton   Tutankamen  
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Last Great Pharaoh   Ramses the Great  
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belief in many gods   Polytheism  
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Sun god   Amon-Re  
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God of Resurrection   Osiris  
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monotheism   belief in one god  
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egyptian gods   part human and part animal  
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Heiroglyphics   writing in pictures and symbols  
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A covenant   agreement  
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exodus   departure  
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Egyptians believed that humans had two bodies, one physical and one spiritual, the spiritual was called the   KA  
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Ahmose assumed the title of Pharaoh which means   Great House of the King  
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Amenhotep IV changed his name to   Akhenaton  
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Akhenaton made the effort to change Egypt by   forcing monotheism (Aton) on the Egyptian people  
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Their culuture located on the upper Tigris River, these people exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire by 700 B.C   The Assyrians  
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the provinces established in the Persian empire were called   Satrapies  
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this term refers to a particular group of people who used a language derived from a single parent tongue   Indo European  
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the belief in one all powerful God   monotheism  
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the word covenant means   agreement  
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The Hebrew leader known for his wisdom was   Solomon  
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These groups of nomads domesticated animals for food and clothing, Did interact between settled communities and aided long distance trade   pastoral nomads  
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great sea traders who became best known for their 22 character alphabet were the   Phoenicians  
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the first to accept the belief in a single God were the   Hebrews  
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The people who developed a good army which was large, organized and disciplined, good at conquering but were very cruel were the   Assyrians  
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The Chaldeans under this king became the leading state after the collapse of the Assyrians   Nebuchadnezzar  
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Cryus was a great leader of the Persians, his son was responsible for dividing the empire into 20 satrapies which was a form of bureaucracy, his name was   Darius  
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the governor of the satrapie was known as the   satrap  
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Zoroastrianism was the __________ of the Persians   religion  
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the founder of Zoroastrianism was   Zoroaster  
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Zoroaster taught there was one wise lord named Ahuramazda who was good and an evil spirit known as Ahriman, a major teaching was that 'All humans had the freedom to choose between right and wrong', the teachings were written down in a book called the   ZEND AVESTA  
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