Study guide for egypt test
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| Who united Upper and Lower Egypt? | King Menes
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| What Happened in the Old Kingdom? | Money spent on public works order was restored.
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| What happened in the Middle Kingdom? | Built the pyramids.
At the end it became weak and divided.
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| What happened in the New Kingdom? | There was a focus on expanding the empire, and money was spent on wars.
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| Cataract | A large waterfall
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| Delta | A plain at the mouth of a river.
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| Silt | Fine soil found on river bottoms
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| Papyrus | Early form of paper
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| Pharaoh | The king
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| Dynasty | A series of rulers from same family
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| Absolute power | Complete control
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| Regent | Someone who rules for a child
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| Afterlife | Life after death
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| Mummy | Preserved dead body
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| Pyramid | Triangle shaped tomb
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| Giza | Ancient city
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| Astronomer | A scientist who studies the sky
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| Calendar | Used to predict floods
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| Rosetta Stone | A stone used for decoding hieroglyphs. Top-Hieroglyphs Middle-Demotic Bottom-Greek
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| What body parts did they not remove during mummification? Why? | Heart, Stomach, Lungs. Vital for life.
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| How did we learn to read hieroglyphs? | The Rosetta Stone
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| Why did the people mummify? | To preserve the body for the afterlife
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| What is the social class pyramid? | Pharaoh
Vizier
High priests, Nobles
Scribes, Soldiers
Craftsmen
Farmers
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| Why was the Nile important to the people of Egypt? | It gave them water to drink, bathe. It gave them fresh silt for crops.
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| Black Land | Land near the Nile
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| Red Land | The desert; far from Nile
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