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WH Ch 5 Flashcards

1
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What is the home of the world’s largest desert

A

Egypt

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2
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what is the world’s largest desert

A

sahara

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3
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small states in early egyptain history

A

Nomes

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4
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strong rulers of nomes

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pharos

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5
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United upper and lower egypt to rule as one pharoh

A

menes

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6
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egypts main nickname

A

gift of the nile

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7
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Longest river in the world

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nile

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8
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who gave egypt its nicknames

A

Herodotus

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9
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what two things gave life/structure to egypt

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water and papyrus palnts

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10
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triangle shaped area of land in north egypt where most early settlements were found

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nile delta

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11
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written language of egypt

A

hieroglyphics

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12
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used the rosette stone to interperate heiroglyphics

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Jean Francis Champollion

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13
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2 capitals of egypt

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memphis and thebes

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14
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Graduates of scribal schools in egypt could recieve what type of jobs

A

political or religous

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15
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What three things did the egyptians believe in

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Humanism,naturalism,and polytheism

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16
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The Egyptians achieved their greatest accomplishments in art and architecture during what

A

Old kingdom

17
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The three outstanding monarchs of the Old Kingdom

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Khufu (Cheops), Khafre, and Menkaure

18
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the head of a man and the body of a lion

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Great Sphinx

19
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reunited the two lands and paved the way for the Middle Kingdom

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King Mentuhotep I

20
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Asiatic warriors that ravaged egypt

A

Hyksos

21
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The prince who founded the New Kingdom

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Ahmose I

22
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Moses’ foster mother

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Hatshepsut

23
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ruled as pharaoh jointly with her nephew Thutmose III for about 20 years.

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Hatshepsut

24
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extended Egypt’s borders to their farthest extent and brought the Egyptian Empire to its greatest height

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Thutmose III

25
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may have been pharaoh during the Hebrew exodus

A

Amenhotep II

26
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most outstanding monarch

A

Ramses II

27
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became the most important city in Alexander’s empire

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Alexandria

28
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gained control of Egypt and established a Hellenistic (Greek) dynasty that ruled until Cleopatra’s suicide and the Roman conquest in 30 B.C

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Ptolemy

29
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became the center of Egyptian life and one of the great cities of the Arab world

A

Cario

WFBA 10th grade terms (22 decks)

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