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Egypt Sc 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are 3 natural barriers that protected egypt | The Nile River cataracts, delta marshes and the Sahara desert |
| Anubis | the jakel headed god of mummification |
| Ra/Re | The sun god |
| Osiris | the god of the dead |
| achievements of Narmer | first pharaoh,united the 2 kingdoms and founded the first capital |
| achievements of Kufu | built the largest tomb and temple ever and interested the later world in architecture |
| achievements of Ahmose | Liberated his country, expanded Egypt's territories and gave Egypt financial security |
| achievements of Hasshepsut | stabilized government, improved trade and maintained stability and power |
| Thutmose 3 | captured 350 cities and made 17 military campains |
| Akhenton | promoted a monotheistic religion {1 god} and moved the capital |
| Tutankhamen | had a grand tomb that was the only one that had the treasures intact for they were not looted which interested people in Egypt |
| Ramses 2 | had many construction projects and took back the territory that Egypt had lost |
| What is the Rosetta stone | A stone with the same story carved into it in Greek, demotic and hieroglyphics. This stone helped people decode hieroglyphics |
| what is the book of the dead | a manuscript containing spells and prayers to help achieve life after death |
| what were the pyramids and the valley of the kings used for | to hold the bodies of dead pharaohs |
| what did the sphinx represent | it was watching over the pyrimids |
| 3 mathematical accomplishments | 1. base ten system, 2. fractions , 3.using fractions in equatons |
| in the old kingdom... | the pyramids of Giza were built, the 365 day and 12 month calendar were made and many mathematical discoveries were made |
| in the middle kingdom... | egypt took over Nubia, the valley of the kings were built and stability and prosperity were restored |
| in the new kingdom... | Egypt added a lot of land, there was a lot of wealth because of trading and many temples were built |
| why is lower Egypt above Upper Egypt | because the nile runs south to north |
| Imensity had a _____ head and protected the _____ | human liver |
| Qebehsenuf had a ____ head and protected the _____ | falcon intestines |
| hapi had a ____ head and protected the ____ | baboon lungs |
| dumatef had the head of a ____ and protected the______ | jakal stomach |
| Catarct | an area of rough waters |
| dynasty | a line of rulers from a family |
| mummy | a dead body that went through embalming and the mummification process |
| delta | "branches" of a river |
| pharaoh | an Egyptian king |
| pyramid | a grand structure mainly used to hold the bodies of pharaohs |
| papyrus | a plant mainly used for papermaking |
| deity | gods and goddeses |
| hieroglyphics | the Egyptians writing system consisting of picture symbols |
| embalming | the process a body would go through to be a mummy |
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