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20 Cards in this Set
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Bureaucracy
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Government by groups of officials
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Castor oil
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A yellow oil obtained from castor beans
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Ebony
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A hard black wood
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Loincloth
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A piece of cloth worn around the hips
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Monotheism
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A belief in one God
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Obelisk
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A tall narrowing four sided stone shaped like a pyramid
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Pharaoh
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Any of the kins in ancient Egypt
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A group of government officials is called a:
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bureaucracy
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What are the three eras of Egyptian history?
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Old kingdom, middle kingdom, and new kingdom
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Who was the first pharaoh to unite Egypt?
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Menes
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How high is the Great Pyramid?
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40 stories
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How many years did it take to build the Great Pyramid?
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20
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What guarded the pyramids?
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Sphinx
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Who overthrew the pharaohs?
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Priests
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What did Amenemhet I do when he came to power?
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restored the pharaoh
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Where did the Egyptians get gold and silver?
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Nubia
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Who was the chief god of the Hyksos?
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Setekh
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What is ebony
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Wood
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What makes castor oil
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Beans
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What was the king of Egypt called
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Pharaoh
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