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54 Cards in this Set
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Describe the route of the Nile River.
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What is important about the Nile River?
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Name three ways in which the Nile River helped the Egyptians.
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When did the Egyptians determine that the Nile would flood?
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Why were calendars important to the Egyptians?
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How did understanding the flood cycles of the Nile help the Egyptian civilization thrive?
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Name three kings who unified the two kingdoms of Egypt.
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State three facts about the Egyptian religion.
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Which discovery led to the ability to decode hierglyphics?
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What made the Egyptian economy more prosperous?
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What did thousands of Egyptian farmers do while the Nile was flooding their fields?
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Name three ways in which the Egyptians and Sumerians were similar.
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How is the land of Nubia different from the land of Egypt?
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State three facts about the Nubians.
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Why did the Egyptians want granite blocks from Nubia's northern region?
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State three ways in which the Nubian kingdom of Kush was affected by the invasion of Egypt.
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Which of the following people do you think was most important to Egyptian history: King Menes, Manetho, Khufu, or Amenmhet? Why?
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How were Egyptian pharaohs' bodies prepared for the afterlife? Why was this done?
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Describe the social class structure that developed in Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
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Compare the roles of women in Egyptian and Sumerian civilization.
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What are two reasons why Egpyt grew during the Middle Kingdom?
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Why do you think pharoahs during the Middle Kingdom began ruling along with their sons or wives? What benefit would there be to this kind of system?
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Be able to answer questions using different map scales.
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loess
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a yellowish brown hard soil that blows in from a desert
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silt
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a mixture of soil and small rocks
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sudra
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a serf in Hindu society
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independent
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free
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terrace
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a platform of earth
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ancestor
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a relative who lived longer ago than a grandparent
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middleman
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a person who goes between buyers and sellers
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unify
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to unite, combine, or bring together
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economy
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the way people use and manage resources
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province
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political division
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Brahmin
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a priest who held the highest position in Aryan society
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cataract
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waterfall
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civil service
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the practice of using skills and talents to work in the government
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pyramid
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a large stone building to serve as a house for the dead
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pictograph
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a picture that represents a word
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reincarnation
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the Hindu belief that the spirit or soul goes from one life to the next
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oracle bone
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a bone commonly used during the Shang dynasty in China to predict the future
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levee
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a dike used to control flooding
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mummy
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a preserved dead body
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delta
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a triangular-shaped area at the mouth of some rivers
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meditation
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in Buddhism, a way of clearing the mind
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nobility
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a high-ranking social class
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caste
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in Hinduism, a lifelong social group into which one is born
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pharaoh
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in ancient Egypt, a god-king
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hieroglyphics
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a form of writing based on pictures
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double cropping
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a process in which two crops are grown on the same land in the same year
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subcontinent
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a large area of land that is separated by water from other lands
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subsistence farming
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the process of growing food mainly for self-consumption
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papyrus
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a plant whose stems are used to make a kind of paper
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enlightenment
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in Buddhism, a state of pure goodness, the goal of reincarnation
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monsoon season
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rainy season in monsoon climates in which winds blow from the southwest for six months
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