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chp 4Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Diplomacy

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Relations between countries

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Nation state

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Region with a united people and a single government

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Dynasty

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Series of rulers from the same family

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4
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Vizier

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Chief advisor

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Hieroglyphs

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Picture symbols

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Papyrus

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Paper like material

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Pyramids

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Largest stone structures in the world

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Mummy

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Preserved body

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9
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did upper egypt grow in power and wealth?

did they want to control egypt?

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1 yes

2 yes

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10
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Who was King Narmer?

What did he do as king?

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1 king of Egypt

2 united Egypt

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Who was the ruler of egypts first dynasty?

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1king Narmer

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how many dynasties ruled over egypt?

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1 31

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egypts dynastys are divided into 3 periods- what are they?

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1 old
2 middle
3new

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in the old kingdom- what did the people believe about their kings?

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1 they were living fods

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who owned all the land and controlled the economy and government?

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1 the king

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who did the egyptians might have borrowed the idea of writing from?

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1 Summerians

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first ieroglyphics were used for religious purpose and then what were they used for?

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1 a way of writing

18
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how is papyrus made?

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1 pressing together stalks of papyrus

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what was an egyptian book?

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1 a scroll

20
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old kingdom is known as the age of?

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1 pyramids

21
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where was king Zoser buried?

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1 a pyramid

22
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what is the best known egyptian pyramid?

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1 the pyramid at Giza

23
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who was the great pyramid at giza built for?

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1 king Khufu

24
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how were pyramids built?

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1 stacking lots of 2.5 ton stone blocks

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how did egytptians prepare for the afterlife?

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1 by preserving the body

26
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what is the book of the dead?

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1 a book explaining the weighing of the heart

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why did egytptians want to preserve bodies?

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1 bthey believed they needed body in afterlife

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