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S.S. Chapter 3
Ancient Egypt
Question | Answer |
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What does pyramid mean? | a large stone building to serve as a house for the dead |
What is a pharaoh? | a god-king |
What was Nubia? | an ancient kingdom south of Egypt |
Name one difference between Sumerian and Egyptian culture. | E: kings were called pharaohs S: kings were called kings |
Name one similarity between Sumerian and Egyptian culture. | They both believed in polytheism. |
Name one way the Nile River was beneficial to the Egyptian civilization. | Made the soil rich; gave them water. |
Name one way the Nile River was disastrous to the Egyptian civilization. | Flooding; took lives and killed crops. |
Name one way Egyptians interacted with the Nubians. | Egypt invaded Nubia in search of resources; Egypt relied on Nubia for goods such as gold, ivory, cattle, and ostrich feathers |