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43 Cards in this Set
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What does monotheistic mean?
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belief in one god
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Warrior-farmer who was the first king of the Hebrews
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Saul
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An advanced state of human society in which high levels of art, science, education, government, and religion have been reached.
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civilization
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Egyptians needed to learn magic spells from this book to reach the afterlife
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Book of the Dead
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fan-shaped area of fertile soil
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delta
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the process of drying out a dead body
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embalming
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He conquered Lower Egypt and united Upper and Lower Egypt to create the Old Kingdom
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Narmer
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Egyptian Ruler of the Underworld
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Osirus
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Most Sumerian buildings were made from what material
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mud-bricks
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He drove the Hyksos out of Egypt and began the New Kingdom of Egypt
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Ahmose
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Who created the world's first empire?
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Sargon I
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Hammurabi was the king of what city?
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Babylon
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All pyramids were built during which kingdom of Egypt?
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Old Kingdom
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This Pharaoh tried to change Egypt's religion by telling the people their was only one true Egyptian god.
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Amenhotep IV (aka Akhenaton)
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The Great Pyramid was built for which pharaoh of Egypt?
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Khufu
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The "deliverer" of the Hebrews
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Moses
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He made Jerusalem the capital of the Hebrews.
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David
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What does polytheistic mean?
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The belief in many gods.
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What did Hammurabi create?
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first written law code
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This Hebrew king was known for his wealth and wisdom
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Solomon
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This Egyptian pharaoh was interested in trade and temple building
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Hatshepsut
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a sacred agreement
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covenant
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The world's first civilization
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Sumer
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What is the famous stone that allowed archaeologists to learn how to decipher hieroglyphics?
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Rosetta Stone
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Why were Egyptians buried with their personal belongings?
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They believed they could take their belongings with them to the afterlife
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Who led the Hebrews into the Promised Land? |
Joshua
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A rulers period of power
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reign
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How did Mesopotamians control the flooding of the rivers?
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levees
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What is the Hebrew escape from Egypt known as?
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the Exodus
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People claiming to have messages from God
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prophets
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skilled workers
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artisans
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What three roles did a pharaoh fulfill in Egypt?
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king, priest, and god
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wedge-shaped Mesopotamian writing
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cuneiform
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Egyptian picture writing
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hieroglyphics
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wrapped body of a dead Egyptian
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mummy
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Mesopotamian temple
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ziggurat
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What is the name of the twin rivers in Mesopotamia?
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Euphrates and Tigris
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What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
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the land between the rivers
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What is the river that flows through Egypt?
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Nile
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Egyptian paper
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papyrus
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a writer in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
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scribe
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Sumerian king of Uruk who tried to find a way to live forever
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Gilgamesh
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a change that lead to an improvement
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reform
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