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28 Cards in this Set
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NAME THREE FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT PYRAMID...
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MOST MASSIVE MAN-MADE STRUCTURE EVER BUILT; OVER 2, 300,000 BLAVKS WEIGHING 250 TONS EACH; AND ONE OF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
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THE WAY IN WHICH NATURAL RECOURCES AND WORKERS ARE USED TO PRODUCE GOODS
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ECONOMY
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THE GOD OF UPPER EGYPT WAS
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SETH (BIRD)
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THE MIXTURE OF SOIL AND WATER
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SILT
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THE UNITED CAPITAL OF ANCIENT EGYPT WAS
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MEMPHIS
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SOMETHING (A PRODUCT) THAT IS SENT TO ANOTHOER COUNTRY
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EXPORT
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THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA WAS BUILT BY
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KHUFU
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DESCRIBE A PYRAMID
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FOUR TRIANGULAR FACES, ORIGINALLY SMOOTH EXTERIOR, BUILT OF MASSIVE STONE BLOCKS --
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THE CAPITAL OF LOWER EGYPT AND CAPITAL AFTER UPPER EGYPT WAS CONQUERED
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THEBES
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A STATUE THAT HAS THE BODY OF AN LION AND FACE OF A HUMAN
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SPHINX
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__________ DISCOVERED KING TUT'S TOMB IN 1922.
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HOWARD CARTER
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PERIODS OF TIME IN ANCIENT EGYPT WERE CALLED
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DYNASTYS
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HOW LONG TO MAKE A MUMMY AND DESCRIBE THE PROCESS...
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IT TOOK 70 DAYS; THE ORGANS (EXCEPT HEART ARE REMOVED AND STORE IN JARS),; THE BODY IS DIRED WITH SALT; WRAPPED IN BANDADGES AND A DEATH MASK IS PLACED OVER ITS FACE; THE BANDAGES ARE SEALED WITH TAR,AND IT IS STORED IN MULTIPLE COFFINS.
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LAND FORMED BY THE MUD AND SILT AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER
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DELTA
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HOW WERE ANCIENT EYPTIAN WORKERS PAID?
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WITH ONIONS
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WHERE ARE MOST OF THE PYRAMIDS LOCATED (OVER 90)
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IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS
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WHERE DID MOST OF EGYPT'S SLAVES COME FROM?
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MANY WERE CAPTURED IN NUBIA AND SYRIA
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TWO LARGE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EGYPT ARE
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THE NILE RIVER (LONGEST IN THE WORLD AND FLOWS NORTH) AND THE SAHARA DESERT (LARGEST IN THE WORLD)
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UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT WERE UNITED BY THE PHARAOH ______
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MENES
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THE LAST CAPITAL CITY OF ANCIENT EGYPT WAS ________.
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ALEXANDRIA
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WHY DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS PRESERVE BODIES?
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SO, THAT THEY WOULD BE "INTACT" FOR THE AFTERLIFE.
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THE GOD OF LOWER EGYPT WAS
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HORSAS (DOG)
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LOWER EGYPT WAS CONQUERED BY THE _________ AND THEY RULED LOWER EGYPT FOR ABOUT ______ YEARS.
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HYKSOS; 100
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THE OLDEST PYRAMID IS ANCIENT EGYPT IS CALLED _______. DESCRIBE IT.
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SAKARA; IT IS A STEP PYRAMID ANDIT WAS BUILT BY ZOSER. IT HAD 13 FALSE DOORS.
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NAME ALL THE "LEVELS" IN EGYPTIAN SOCIETY (IN ORDER - HIGHEST TO LOWEST)
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PHARAOH, PRIESTS/GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, SOLDIERS, SCRIBES, MERCHANTS, ARTISANS, FARMERS AND SLAVES
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WHAT WERE SOME OF THE JOBS FOR PEASANTS AND SLAVES?
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HARD LABOR, FARMING, HOUSE SERVANTS
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_______ IS THE PHARAOH THAT DEFEATED THE HYKSOS, AND HIS RULE BEGAN THE __________.
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AHMOSE; NEW KINGDOM
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GIZA WAS WHAT?
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A SMALL SUBURB ON THE SIDE OF THE NILE SURROUNDED BY PYRAMIDS.
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