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Egypt ch.4 L2
Ancient Egypt
Question | Answer |
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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 |