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Chap 1 Ancient egypt Flashcards

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What did the Ancient Egyptians believe the gods could do?

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Disasters could be prevented by serving gods in correct way.

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Religion and believes

They worshiped many gods. Who were they.

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Ra - Sun god called king of gods
Isis- goddess of fertility and motherhood
Horus- God of day
Hathor - goddess of joy, love, music.

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What did they build for the gods

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Huge temples with statues

People bought sacrifices and believed the gods lived in the statues.

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Who worked in the temples.

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The priest and priestesses.

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What did the Egyptians believe happened to the spirits

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They lived in one persons body and after death they were freed and lived forever.

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What happened to people’s bodies in the after life.

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They were preserved for life in the

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How did they bury the rich.

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Specials burial chambers or tombs. These houses for the after life.

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What did they look like.

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They had many rooms for the dead person to use after death.

The rooms were filled with food clothes furniture and jewelry.

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What did people believe happened to Pharaohs when they died.

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They joined the gods and they were embalmed to preserves them for ever.
The tombs were inside the pyramids

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What did pyramids look like

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Very big trianangel shaped building

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Act 5

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Pg 7

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How do you embalmed bodies.

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With spices and chemicals and wrapped in special cloths.

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What were embalmed bodies called

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Mummies

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Technology

How were the pyramids made.

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By hand and by using animal and human power.

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How long did it take to make a pyramid.

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20 years.

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Act 6

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Pg 8

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Craftsman

Name some craftsman

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Potter
Jewellers
Metalworkers
Carpenters
Glass makers 
Artists
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Pictures from pg 9

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Lea

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What happened in poorer house holds

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People had to do their own work.

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What happened in rich families

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They could employ craftsman to work for them.

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Act 7

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Pg 9

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Trade

What did the Egyptians mine

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Gold
Copper
Lead in the desert

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What could they do with the things they mined

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They could trade with other countries.

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What other countries did they trade with.

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Counties boarding the Red Sea
Lebanon
Nubia
Syria

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What did they trade

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Ivory
Leopard skins
Copper
Cattle
Baboons
Spices
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What did leaders of other countries give to the Pharos.

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Gifts like wild animals

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What did the Pharos give in return

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Gifts of gold.

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How did the Egyptians transport their goods

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By boats on the Nile

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What did their boats look like.

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They had sails and oars
When they traveled with the tide they had sails
When they traveled in the opposite direction to the wind they had to paddle.

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Bartering

Did the Egyptians use money

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No there was no money.
They exchanged goods at markets.
They negotiated what an item was worth and then exchanged goods.

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What was the system of exchanging goods known as.

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Bartering.

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What was metal such as copper, silver, and gold calculated in?

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Weight

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What was copper weighing 14 grams known as?

A

A deben

33
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How much did shoes coast?

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1 or 2 deben

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How much did a pig cost?

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5 deben

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Communication

What did the Egyptians invent to write on?

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Papyrus

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What was papyrus made of?

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Reeds that grew along the river.

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What is the system developed by the Egyptians that started writing called?

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Hieroglyphics

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Where did hieroglyphics start.

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Mesopotamia

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Who used the hieroglyphics?

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The scribes on the walls of tombs

40
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How many letters does the modern alphabet have?

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26

41
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How many symbols in hieroglyphics

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700

42
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Assessment 12

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Pg 12

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