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Ancient History Chapter 2 Test Study Guide

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Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922? True or False   True  
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Rameses was the last strong Pharoah of the New Kingdom? True or False   True  
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Polytheism is the worship of the one true God? True or False   False  
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The Egyptian god Osiris was believed to preside over the Hall of Judgment? True or False   True  
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Egyptians did not believe in life after death? True or False   False  
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Egyptians believed that the _______ was the son of Horus, thus making him a god and a high priest.   Pharoah  
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A _______ calculated the taxes people owed based on their crops.   Nilometer  
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The desert that covers most of North Africa is the ________   Sahara  
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The three seasons on the Egyptian calendar were _________, _________, and __________   Flood, planting, harvest  
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Dead bodies that had been embalmed and preserved were called _________   Mummies  
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What are hieroglyphics?   Picture writing  
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Who was the man that led the Hebrews out of slavery from Egypt?   Moses  
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This was a large black stone that was found in the sand of the Nile Delta and contained a message written in Greek and Egyptian?   Rosetta Stone  
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This is called the "Gift of the Nile"   Egypt  
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A paper made from the stalk of a reedy plant that grows along the Nile   Papyrus  
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A long pole with a bucket on one end; used to irrigate crops.   Shadoof  
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The frenchman who worked many years to translate hieroglyphics by comparing the symbols to the Greek language   Jean Champollion  
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Group of people who used horse-drawn chariots to invade Egypt and forced the Hebrews into slavery   Hyksos  
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He became pharoah at the age of ten and died at the age of nineteen, leaving treasurers   Tutankhamen  
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Egyptian goddess who, according to legend, was the wife of Osiris and a protector of children   Isis  
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