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True or False: Egypt is part of Sahara Desert.

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TRUE

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True or False: Silt from Nile make soil fertile.

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TRUE

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True or False: Egyptians use Nile for irrigation, dams, dikes, water storage.

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TRUE

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True or False: Egyptians were polytheistic.

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TRUE

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What is polytheism?

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The belief of more than one god.

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True or False: Hapi was the sky god.

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FALSE

Hapi was the flood god.

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True or False: Ra was the sun god.

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TRUE

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True or False: Osiris was the god of afterlife.

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TRUE

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True or False: Horus was the flood god.

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FALSE

Horus was the sky god.

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True or False: Egyptians believed that kings/pharaohs were living gods that lived forever.

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TRUE

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Egyptians grew grain such as…

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Wheat and barley.

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True or False: Ancient Egypt traded with southeastern Asia, western African, and western Mediterranean.

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FALSE

Ancient Egypt traded with southwestern Asia, eastern African, and eastern Mediterranean.

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Nile was also used for transport of resources like…

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Grain, papyrus, linen, pottery, and gold.

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True or False: Artisans and builders used copper, ebony, iron, and wood.

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TRUE

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True or False: Robbers and gangs made trade dangerous.

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FALSE

Robbers and pirates made trade dangerous,

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True or False: Pharaoh was at top of society.

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TRUE

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True or False: Traders and craft workers made up most of Egypt’s population.

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True or False: Farmers and unskilled workers made up most of Egypt’s population.

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True or False: Slaves were common and had some rights.

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TRUE (:

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True or False: most Egyptians did not live in cities, but along riverbanks.

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TRUE

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True or False: Woman was not respected and had some rights, and men were more powerful.

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Woman were respected and had rights, but men were more powerful.

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True or False: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt united in 3500 BCE.

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FALSE

Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt united in 3100 BCE.

22
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True or False: Egypt had a total of 37 dynasties.

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FALSE

Egypt had a total of 31 dynasties.

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True or False: Hyksos took over Egypt and Egypt reunited under his rule.

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TRUE

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True or False: Thutmose III expanded Egypt to its largest size.

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TRUE

25
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Ramses the Great made Egypt prosperous before its decline.

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TRUE

26
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The empire falls around 1075 BCE.

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TRUE

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True or False: Huge pyramids, temples and monuments are still surviving.

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TRUE

28
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True or False: Detailed records that still survive is an achievement.

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TRUE

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True or False: Papyrus = paper

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TRUE

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