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71 Cards in this Set
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On which continent is Egypt located
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Africa
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The Nile is the...
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longest river in the world
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The Nile starts in the snowcapped mountains in
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East Africa
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The Nile empties into the
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Mediterranean Sea
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The Nile floods for how many months?
What months? |
4 months
July through October |
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Egypt has often been called the ...
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"Gift of the Nile"
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To water newly planted crops, Egypt's famers used ________
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irrigation
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The Nile River is ____________ miles long
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over 4000 miles
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Farmer's understanding of the ____________________________ made ______________________ in Egypt possible.
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yearly Nile floods
community life |
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_____________________ and _____________________ made farming in Egypt very productive.
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Mineral-rich silt deposits
Irrigation technology |
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People used __________________ along the Nile.
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boats to get from place to place
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Some towns grew into ________________ as people ________________ and ______________ with neighboring towns.
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small cities
specialized developed trade |
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These communities created _____________ to promote _____________ and ___________ among neighbors.
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rules
peace fairness |
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Towns in ___________________ supported a king who wore a white crown.
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Upper Egypt
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Towns in ___________________ supported a king who wore a __________ crown.
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Lower Egypt
red |
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______________ the king of Upper Egypt wore a ____________ crown to show his victory over Lower Egypt.
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Menes
double crown |
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Following the unification of the two kingdoms, __________ became the first __________________.
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Menes
Pharaoh |
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The word pharaoh actually refers to the ________________
in which the rulers lived. |
"great palace"
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The time when Egypt's early ______________ worked to build unity within the country is called the __________________________.
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pharaohs
Old Kingdom |
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Pharaohs mainly aded to the practices of ______________, ______________, and ____________ at first.
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local government
trade religion |
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In time, the pharaoh became the _______________________
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center of civilization
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The area governors reported to the pharaoh's headquarters in _______________, Egypt's capital city.
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Memphis
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Egyptians believed the pharaoh was a child of their _____________________ named ______
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sun god
Ra |
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Egyptians believed that the pharaoh gave ________________
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life to Egypt and it's people
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Since the pharaoh was considered a god, __________________________
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all things in Egypt belonged to him or her
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This put the pharaoh at the center of _________________________
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economy in Egypt
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Egypt's economy was based on
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agriculture
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The pharaoh took ______________ on everything made in Egypt.
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taxes
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No ________________ exchanged hands
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money
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Goods of equal value were _____________
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traded
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Craftsworkers would receive ______________ and ____________
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clothes and food
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Pharaoh was central to Egypt's ______________, _____________, and __________
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economy
government religion |
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The Egyptians developed a system of writing called
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hieroglyphics
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Pharaohs depended on __________________ to keep their government in order.
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written records
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Scribes kept records of how ____________________ how _____________________, and _________________ and ___________ for townspeople
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- much grain farmers harvested
- much they owed to the government - drafted letters - marriage contracts |
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The_______________________ is the Old Kingdom's most spectacular monument.
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Great Pyramid
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__________________________ ordered its construction
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Pharaoh Khufu
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During the __________________ Egypt's contact with other parts of the world grew.
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Middle Kingdom
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As trade grew, people from Asia came to live in Egypt's __________________________
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Delta Region
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These new settlers from western Asia, called _____________________, were powerful enough to challenge the _________________.
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Hyksos
pharaoh |
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For the next __________________, _______________ ruled Lower Egypt.
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100 years
the Hyksos |
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The Egyptians learned from their ________________________
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war with the Hyksos
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_____________________________ with the help of weapons and chariots copied from the ____________________, succeeded in taking back the Delta
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- Egypt rallied behind Pharaoh Ahmose
- Huksos the Egyptians |
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The defeat of the _____________ began the period in Egyptian history called the ___________ Kingdom.
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Hyksos
New Kingdom |
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During the __________________ period, leaders worked to win back the _______________________
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New Kingdom
lands lost in war |
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_________________ organized the biggest _______________ of her career.
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Hatshepsut
expedition |
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It lasted for _____________
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2 years
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__________________ or King ______________ ruled Egypt from the time he was 9 years old until he died at about the age of __________
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Tutankhamun
King Tut 19 |
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Egyptian understanding of ________________, ________________, and _________________ became famous in other countries.
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medicine
mathmatics science |
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Small-scale maps give viewers the ____________________
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big picture of the place
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Large-scale maps provide ____________________
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more detail about smaller areas
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mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock
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silt
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very fertile flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water
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delta
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watering of land by means of canals or pipes
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irrigation
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The Delta is caled ___________ Egypt because it is the downstream part of the Nile.
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Lower Egypt
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To the south the Nile cuts through stone cliffs and desert snads. This is called ____________ Egypt.
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Upper Egypt
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the joining of separate parts into one
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unification
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actually refers to the "great palace" in which the rulers lived
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pharaoh
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the way a country's people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services
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economy
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a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture signs
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hieroglyphics
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kept records of details for the government
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scribes
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a reed plant that grows along the NIle
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papyrus
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King of Upper Egypt
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Menes
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Ordered construction of his own tomb
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Khufu
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pharaoh's headquarters in Egypt's captial city
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Memphis
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where was the new capital set up...southern town of _________
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Thebes
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group of lands and peoples ruled by one government
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empire
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group of people who go on a trip for a set reason
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expedition
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a person's position in society depended on what he or she did for a living...shape of this made the ______________-
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social pyramid
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lowest level of the social pyramid
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slaves
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practice of one person owning another person
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slavery
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