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Egypt ch.4 L2
Ancient Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The joining of separate parts into one. | unification |
| A word that means "great palace" and was later given to all the rulers of Egypt. | pharaoh |
| The way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services in their country. | economy |
| About 800 picture-signs or symbols that made up the ancient Egyptian writing system. | hieroglyphics |
| The highly respected, male writers in ancient Egypt who kept records and wrote letters. | scribes |
| A reed plant that grows along the Nile and was used to make paper. | papyrus |
| Wore a double crown to show that he unified Upper and Lower Egypt. | Menes |
| Ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid. | Khufu |
| Egypt's Old Kingdom capitol city located between Upper and Lower Egypt. | Memphis |
| Egypt's Middle Kingdom capitol city located in southern Egypt. | Thebes |
| The Egyptian sun god. | Ra |
| The next world that Egyptians believed they would go to after they died. | afterlife |
| Preserving dead bodies for the afterlife. | mummification |
| A rock containing a passage written in three languages that was used to figure out the code of hieroglyphics. | Rosetta Stone |