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To ancient Egyptians, the Pharaoh was this god on earth

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Horus

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Queen Hatshepsut’s accomplishments were nearly all erased by

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Thutmose III

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In the afterlife Osiris weighed one heart against this

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A feather

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Inundation refers to

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The annual flooding of the Nile

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The narmer pallete was used to

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Decorate a god with makeup

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Narmer is best known for

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Uniting upper and lower Egypt

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A cataract is

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A waterfall

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What pyramid has the first successful corbelled ceiling

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Red pyramid

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Akhenaten is best known for

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The introduction of monotheism

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Queen Hatshepsut organized an historic expedition to

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Punt

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Egyptian boats were constructed in this way

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Skin first and held together with ropes reeds and wood

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The three scripts on the Rosetta Stone are

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Demotic, Greek, and hieroglyphic

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The Pharaohs crown was passed in this way

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King to brother to kings son

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Egypts last great pharaoh

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Ramses II

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Goddess of magic. Mother of Horus

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Isis

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Invaders who ended the Middle Kingdom

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Hyksos

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Last pharaoh of ancient Egypt

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Cleopatra

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A talk spire topped with gold

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Obelisk

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Greek conqueror of Egypt

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Alexander the Great

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Pyramid inventor

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Snefru

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What major crops were grown near the Nile

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Wheat and flax

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Who united the two lands of Egypt around 3100 bc

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Menes

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Defined bureaucracy

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System of government that includes departments and levels of authority

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What did the vizier do

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Supervise the government

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What group invaded Egypt and ended the middle Kingdom

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The Hyksos

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With who did Ramses sign a peace treaty with

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The Hittites

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List four conquerors of ancient Egypt

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Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans

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Who is the most powerful God in ancient Egypt

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Re, the Sun God

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From where did Pharaohs claim to get the right to rule during the new Kingdom

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They said they received it from Amon-Re the Lord of the gods

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Define hieroglyphics

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A system in which symbols or pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects concepts or sounds

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