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Egypt

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Why is Hatshepsut important?   She increased trade and had great monuments built  
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Silt   Tiny bits of soil and rock that made the land more fertile  
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The job of the Scribes?   Keep written records  
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Hieroglyphics   Egyptian form of writing  
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King Tut   Youngest pharaoh, most famous for his tomb which was discovered in 1922  
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Represents guidance   Crook  
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Represents that the Pharaoh was a provider of food for the people   Flail  
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The cobra and falcon of the Pharaoh represented   Protection  
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The colors blue and gold of the Pharaoh represented   Rebirth  
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A connection with the gods   False beard  
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Menes united the kingdoms during the   Old Kingdom  
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Unification   to bring two parts together  
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Mummification   process of preserving the dead  
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Rosetta Stone   Helped us decode and understand Egyptian writing  
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Papyrus   Plant that grew along the Nile that was used for paper  
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Irrigation   The process of using water to dry lands through the use of canals and pipes  
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The Delta is located in what part of Egypt?   Lower Egypt  
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Who was the head of Egyptian religion?   the Pharaoh  
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Egyptian economy was based on   agriculture  
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Southern Egypt is known as   Upper Egypt  
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King of the Underworld   Osiris  
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Ra is the god of   the sun  
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What were the organs put in during mummification?   Canopic Jars  
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Organs that were taken out of the body for mummification   lungs, stomach, intestines, and liver  
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How long was the body left to dry out?   40 days  
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The whole process of mummification took how many days?   70 days  
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3 roles of the Pharaoh?   priest, judge, leader of the army  
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What happened to the brain during mummification?   thrown out  
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the test that Egyptians had to pass in order to go to the after life   the weighing of the heart  
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a temporary ruler is known as a-   regent  
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Who ordered the building of the Pyramids?   Khufu  
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The three time periods of Egypt IN ORDER   Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom  
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Worshiping more than one god is known as   polytheism  
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Worshiping just one god is known as   monotheism  
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the order of the social classes in ancient Egyptian was called the   Social Pyramid  
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