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Unit 3 - Ancient Egypt

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show To take an invention or idea and change it to meet your needs  
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Give an example of stimulus diffusion related to the ancient Egyptians.   show
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Describe the delta   show
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List 5 ways that the Nile was beneficial to the Ancient Egyptians:   show
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show Northern Egypt; where the Nile ends, fertile land  
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Describe Upper Egypt (location and geography)   show
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Describe Egypt’s climate.   show
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show protected Egyptians from invaders  
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What is silt?   show
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show the Nile floods the surrounding land, farmers built pyramids  
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emergence- September through February   show
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show When the water level of the Nile was low. Farmers harvested the crops  
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show Created irrigation canals- lowered the level of the Nile to prevent flooding, levees- mounds of dirt along the Nile to prevent flooding  
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show Created the shaduf- Helps lift water using a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end  
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Mineral Copper   show
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show Used to make jewlery  
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Mineral Limestone   show
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Mineral Natron   show
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What is social mobility?   show
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show Social mobility existed if they worked hard  
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show Determined by birth and importance of job  
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Why are the social classes shown in the shape of a pyramid?   show
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show made laws, led the army, made final decisions  
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How was a pharaoh different from a king?   show
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show vizier, scribe, priest  
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Who is the vizier and what are his responsibilities?   show
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show manual labor  
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show they built the pyramids  
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show to keep track of trade/ receipts  
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show receipts for trade, taxes, wars, laws, cycles of the Nile  
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show helped us understand and decode hieroglyphics  
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What is monotheism?   show
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show belief in many gods  
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show life after death  
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show process of preserving a body  
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Why did Egyptians mummify the dead?   show
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show Burial chambers for pharaohs  
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Why did Egyptians bury the dead with their belongings?   show
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Why did Egyptians stop building the pyramids?   show
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List three reasons the Middle Kingdom is referred to as “The Golden Age”.   show
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Hatshepsut   show
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show His tomb wasn’t robbed so his body and belongings were found which helped us to better understand how the Egyptians lived.  
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