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What was Egypt originally known as?

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Kemet “black land”

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What desert surrounds Egypt?

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The Sahara Desert

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What is the “Heart of Egypt”?

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The Nile

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What is the “Gift of the Nile”

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Egypt

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What is the worlds longest river?

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The Nile River

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What is the source of the Nile?

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Lake Victoria

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What does the Nile empty into?

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Mediterranean Sea

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What is silt?

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Rich black soil- covers land-spring

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9
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What did most Egyptian do for work?

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They were farmers

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What are the 2 large kingdoms in Egypt?

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The Upper and Lower kingdoms

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Who untied the two kingdoms? And who was he?

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Narmer he started the first Egyptian dynasty

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What is a dynasty?

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Line of family rulers

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What 3 periods is Egyptian history divided into?

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Old Kingdom-(2700 B.C.-2200 B.C.)
Middle Kingdom- (2050 B.C.-1800 B.C.)
New Kingdom- (1600 B.C.-945 B.C)

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What was the Old Kingdom known as?

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The Golden Age- powerful and wealthy

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What does Pharaoh mean?

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Great House

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16
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What was the old kingdoms government?

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Theocracy

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What is a theocracy?

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Ruled by religious leaders

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18
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What is a bureaucracy?

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Government officials

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19
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What was the government headed by?

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The Vizer (Prime minister)

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What are Pyramids?

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Tombs for the kings during the Old Kingdom

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21
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What is the oldest Kingdom?

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Step pyramid of Saqqara- built for Dioser 2600 B.C.

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What are the last of the 7 ancient wonders of the world?

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Giza Pyramids (3) including the Great pyramid- built for Khufu 481 ft tall (50 stories) 
The Great Sphinx- (Guardian of the Pyramids)
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23
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What did the Great Sphinx look like?

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Head of the pharaoh and the body of a lion.

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What was the Middle Kingdom Age known as?

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Classical Age- (art, literature, and trade)

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What is the largest temple on earth?

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Temple of Karnak- built to honor Re/Ra

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Why did the Middle Kingdom not have temples?

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Because of grave robbers

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What is the valley of the kings?

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Vast underground burial passageways

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28
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What is the largest valley of the kings?

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Ramses the Great over 1 mile underground

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29
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What is the Smallest valley of the kings burial passageway?

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King Tutankhamen

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30
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Who found king tuts tomb?

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A British man by the name of Howard Carter

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31
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What was the Capital city of upper Egypt?

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Thebes

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32
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Who overthrew the Middle Kingdom?

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The Hyksos (110 years of foreign occupation)

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What was the new Kingdom know as? (The Age of)

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The Age of military conquest, empire reached its peak in size

34
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What are the 7 famous Pharaohs?

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Thutmose
Queen Hatshepsut 
Amenhotep IV
Nefertiti 
King Tutankhamen
Ramses the Great
35
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Who was Thutmose?

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Pharaoh at the time of the Exodus- MOSES “born of”

36
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Who was Queen Hatshepsut?

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Step mother of Moses the first women ruler in the ancient world

37
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Who was Amenhotep IV?

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He had a religious revolution he changed the Old polytheist religion to monotheistic

38
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What does the God Aten mean?

A

One true God

39
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What did Amenhotep change his name to?

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Akhenaten

40
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What was Akhenaten famous wife’s name?

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Nefertiti

41
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Who was King Tutankhamen?

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“The boy king” he restored the old polytheistic religion before his death

42
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Who was Ramses the Great?

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The greatest Egyptian ruler he ruled for 67 years (longest time)

43
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How many sons did Ramses have?

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52 sons and 58 daughters

44
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Where was Ramses the Great buried?

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In the Abu Simbel Temple ( his empire began to decline after his death)

45
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What was the religion in mythology?

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Polytheistic

46
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What are the major gods in mythology?

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Amen Ra 
Osiris
Isis
Horus
Seth
Sekhmet
Anubis
47
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Who is Amen Ra?

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God of the sun/creator

48
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Who is Osiris?

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God of life/dead/underworld

First pharaoh according to Egyptian myth

49
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Who is Isis?

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Goddess of nature/magic/medicine or healing of disease

50
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Who was Horus?

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God of the sky son of Osiris and Isis

51
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Who was Seth?

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God of chaos/evil/storms (brother of Osiris)

52
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Who was Sekhmet?

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Goddess of destruction the daughter of Amen Ra

53
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Who was Anubis?

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God of mummification

54
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What is an Obelisk?

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Symbol of the sun god Ra like the Washington monument

55
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What was the purpose of their elaborate tombs?

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To preserve the body for the afterlife

56
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How long did the Embalming process take?

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70 days

57
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What are Amulets?

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Jewelry wrapped in the linens for protection!

58
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What did the Scarab Beetle represent?

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It represented rebirth

59
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What is a Ushabtis?

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A small figure used to represent the deceased as slaves put in tombs

60
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Why mummification?

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At death the Ka separated from the Ba- for the afterlife the body must be preserved so the Ka could recognize the Ba and reunite!

61
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What is the Ka and Ba?

A

Ka(soul)

Ba(body)

62
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What were the tombs filled with?

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Food clothes jewelry weapons furniture etc
Everything needed for the journey down the Nile to the afterlife
A boat

63
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What is the realm of the dead?

A

Duat

64
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What is the Boom of the Dead?

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Prayers and magic spells-guide

65
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Who ran the judgment hall?

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Osiris( god of death and the underworld)

66
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What weighed against your heart in the judgment hall?

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A feather

67
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What did the feather represent?

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Maat( the goddess of truth and goodness)

68
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Who was Thoth?

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Scribe god of wisdom and knowledge- recorded fate!

69
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What was Aaru?

A

The new life in heaven

70
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What was your two fates?

A

New life in heaven or devoured

71
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Who was Ammit?

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The eater of the dead (head of a crocodile)

72
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What is Ankh? (Say Onkey) 🔑🗝

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Symbol of eternal life (key of life)

73
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What was their writing langauge?

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Hieroglyphics (picture symbols)

74
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What is the Rosetta Stone?

A

It broke Egyptian code

75
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What are scribes?

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The kept accurate records!

76
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What did the Egyptians write on?

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Papyrus reeds (used for paper)

77
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What is a Legacy?

A

Contributions

78
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What was Egypt know for?

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Engineering medicine astronomy mathematics and the 365 day calendar

79
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Who eventually overthrew Egypt in 31 B.C?

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The Romans

80
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Who was the last pharaoh? And what was the period know was?

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Cleopatra who was half Egyptian and half Greek known as the Plotemaic period

81
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How do they think Cleopatra died?

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Suicide by taking an asp snake and letting it bite her on the breast.

82
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What is a Cobra?

A

An asp snake

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