Ancient Egypt Flashcards

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Q

Fact or fiction: a civilization is a group of people who live together and have well developed system of beliefs, education and technology.

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Fact

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Fact or fiction: cave people were also part of a civilization.

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Fiction

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3
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All civilizations are exactly the same.

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Fiction

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4
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Ancient civilizations arose and ended thousands of years ago

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Fact

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5
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most of civilizations of ancient times are still exactly the same today and the people still live in exactly the same way.

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Fiction

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6
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Archaeologists are able to learn a lot about early civilizations by studying the artifacts left by these people.

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Fact

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7
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there is nothing we can learn from the early civilizations, because their lives were so different to ours.

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Fiction

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8
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what river runs through the middle of Egypt?

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Nile

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9
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What would happen if the river didn’t flood its banks?

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there would be no black mud for the farmers crops.

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10
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how did farmers water their crops and what methods did they use?

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they build Canals, sluice gates and used Shadufs.

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What did the farmers do when they could not farm?

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they built statues and pyramids for the pharaoh’s.

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12
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What sea does the Nile run into?

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The Mediterranean

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13
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When did ancient Egypt start?

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about 3000 years ago.

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14
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how did farmers stop their crops from flooding from the canals?

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they built sluice gates which could open and close.

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15
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How did the farmers measure their fields?

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with Knotted rope.

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16
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How did they measure shorter distances?

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by using the human body and measured with feet, hands and arms.

17
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What were the pyramids built for?

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to bury their pharaoh’s.

18
Q

how long did it take to build the biggest pyramid?

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20 years

19
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what height did it get to?

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146m

20
Q

examples of ancient Egyptian arcitecture?

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Great temple at Abu Simbel and Great Sphinx at Giza.

21
Q

what religious belief did they have?

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That pharaoh’s were sons of the sun god Ra.

22
Q

why did they mummify their pharaohs?

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they believed their spirit would return to his or her body and this means they would have a body to return to.

23
Q

what was the form of writing called?

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Hieroglyphics

24
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what did they use to write on paparys?

A

a sharpened reed.