Ancient Egypt

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On which continent is Egypt located

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Africa

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The Nile is the...

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longest river in the world

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The Nile starts in the snowcapped mountains in

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East Africa

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The Nile empties into the

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Mediterranean Sea

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The Nile floods for how many months?
What months?

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4 months
July through October

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Egypt has often been called the ...

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"Gift of the Nile"

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To water newly planted crops, Egypt's famers used ________

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irrigation

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The Nile River is ____________ miles long

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over 4000 miles

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Farmer's understanding of the ____________________________ made ______________________ in Egypt possible.

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yearly Nile floods

community life

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_____________________ and _____________________ made farming in Egypt very productive.

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Mineral-rich silt deposits

Irrigation technology

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People used __________________ along the Nile.

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boats to get from place to place

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Some towns grew into ________________ as people ________________ and ______________ with neighboring towns.

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small cities
specialized
developed trade

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These communities created _____________ to promote _____________ and ___________ among neighbors.

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rules
peace
fairness

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Towns in ___________________ supported a king who wore a white crown.

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Upper Egypt

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Towns in ___________________ supported a king who wore a __________ crown.

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Lower Egypt
red

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______________ the king of Upper Egypt wore a ____________ crown to show his victory over Lower Egypt.

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Menes
double crown

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Following the unification of the two kingdoms, __________ became the first __________________.

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Menes
Pharaoh

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The word pharaoh actually refers to the ________________
in which the rulers lived.

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"great palace"

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The time when Egypt's early ______________ worked to build unity within the country is called the __________________________.

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pharaohs
Old Kingdom

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Pharaohs mainly aded to the practices of ______________, ______________, and ____________ at first.

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local government
trade
religion

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In time, the pharaoh became the _______________________

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center of civilization

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The area governors reported to the pharaoh's headquarters in _______________, Egypt's capital city.

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Memphis

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Egyptians believed the pharaoh was a child of their _____________________ named ______

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sun god
Ra

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Egyptians believed that the pharaoh gave ________________

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life to Egypt and it's people

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Since the pharaoh was considered a god, __________________________

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all things in Egypt belonged to him or her

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This put the pharaoh at the center of _________________________

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economy in Egypt

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Egypt's economy was based on

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agriculture

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The pharaoh took ______________ on everything made in Egypt.

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taxes

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No ________________ exchanged hands

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money

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Goods of equal value were _____________

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traded

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Craftsworkers would receive ______________ and ____________

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clothes and food

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Pharaoh was central to Egypt's ______________, _____________, and __________

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economy
government
religion

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The Egyptians developed a system of writing called

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hieroglyphics

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Pharaohs depended on __________________ to keep their government in order.

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written records

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Scribes kept records of how ____________________ how _____________________, and _________________ and ___________ for townspeople

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- much grain farmers harvested
- much they owed to the government
- drafted letters
- marriage contracts

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The_______________________ is the Old Kingdom's most spectacular monument.

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Great Pyramid

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__________________________ ordered its construction

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Pharaoh Khufu

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During the __________________ Egypt's contact with other parts of the world grew.

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Middle Kingdom

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As trade grew, people from Asia came to live in Egypt's __________________________

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Delta Region

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These new settlers from western Asia, called _____________________, were powerful enough to challenge the _________________.

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Hyksos
pharaoh

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For the next __________________, _______________ ruled Lower Egypt.

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100 years
the Hyksos

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The Egyptians learned from their ________________________

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war with the Hyksos

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_____________________________ with the help of weapons and chariots copied from the ____________________, succeeded in taking back the Delta

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- Egypt rallied behind Pharaoh Ahmose
- Huksos the Egyptians

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The defeat of the _____________ began the period in Egyptian history called the ___________ Kingdom.

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Hyksos
New Kingdom

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During the __________________ period, leaders worked to win back the _______________________

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New Kingdom
lands lost in war

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_________________ organized the biggest _______________ of her career.

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Hatshepsut
expedition

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It lasted for _____________

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2 years

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__________________ or King ______________ ruled Egypt from the time he was 9 years old until he died at about the age of __________

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Tutankhamun
King Tut
19

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Egyptian understanding of ________________, ________________, and _________________ became famous in other countries.

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medicine
mathmatics
science

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Small-scale maps give viewers the ____________________

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big picture of the place

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Large-scale maps provide ____________________

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more detail about smaller areas

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mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock

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silt

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very fertile flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water

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delta

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watering of land by means of canals or pipes

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irrigation

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The Delta is caled ___________ Egypt because it is the downstream part of the Nile.

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Lower Egypt

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To the south the Nile cuts through stone cliffs and desert snads. This is called ____________ Egypt.

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Upper Egypt

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the joining of separate parts into one

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unification

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actually refers to the "great palace" in which the rulers lived

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pharaoh

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the way a country's people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services

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economy

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a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture signs

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hieroglyphics

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kept records of details for the government

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scribes

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a reed plant that grows along the NIle

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papyrus

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King of Upper Egypt

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Menes

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Ordered construction of his own tomb

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Khufu

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pharaoh's headquarters in Egypt's captial city

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Memphis

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where was the new capital set up...southern town of _________

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Thebes

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group of lands and peoples ruled by one government

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empire

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group of people who go on a trip for a set reason

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expedition

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a person's position in society depended on what he or she did for a living...shape of this made the ______________-

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social pyramid

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lowest level of the social pyramid

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slaves

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practice of one person owning another person

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slavery