Egypt Flashcards

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Another word for waterfall

A

Cateract

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1
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Egyptian rulers were called

A

Pharaohs

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2
Q

What is a simple form of writing

A

Demotic

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3
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What is preservation of the body

A

Mummification

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4
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What is the plant that grows along the Nile

A

Papyrus

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5
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What the ruling family called

A

Dynasty

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6
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What is a picture representing an idea

A

An ideogram

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7
Q

Another word for decode

A

Decipher

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8
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Another word for soil

A

Silt

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9
Q

Osiris was the god of….

A

god of the Nile

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10
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Amon re was the god of…

A

The sun

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11
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Which kingdom was the ramesside period

A

The new kingdom

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12
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Isis was the god of

A

The moon

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13
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Who was the god of the dead

A

Osiris

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14
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The old kingdom was know as

A

The pyramid age

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15
Q

What was the most common occupation for Egyptians

A

A peasant farmer

16
Q

The Middle Kingdom was know as…

A

The age of nobles

17
Q

What kingdom did common people gain

A

Middle Kingdom

18
Q

The irrigation projects took place in the

A

Old kingdom

19
Q

What was found in 1798

A

The Rosetta Stone

20
Q

What is the 150 year period between old and middle kingdoms called

A

Disorder

21
Q

What sea is east of Egypt

A

The Red Sea

22
Q

Was an Egyptians woman’s work confined to the home

A

No

23
Q

Did scribes play a large part in Egyptian society?

A

Yes

24
Q

Is the Libyan desert east of the Nile

A

No

25
Q

What lies at the niles entrance to the medditeranian

A

Lower Egypt

26
Q

Who united upper and lower Egypt

A

King Minos

27
Q

Who found the Rosetta Stone

A

The army of Ramsey’s 2