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24 Cards in this Set
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delta |
The flat, fan-shaped land made of silt deposited at the moth of a river |
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unification |
the joining of seperate parts, such as kingdoms, into one |
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pharaoh |
The title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt |
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Old Kindom |
Egypt from about 2700 B.C to about 2200 B.C ehen early pharaohs united Upper Egypt and lower Egypt |
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mummification |
the process of preserving a dead body through embaling and drying |
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pyramid |
A massive structure built of stone, usally having a square base and four trianglular sides that slope upward
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hieroglyphics |
The ancient Egyptian systems of writing that used sybols to stand for objects, ideas, or sounds |
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papyrus |
A kind of paper made from papyrus, a reed plant growing along the Nile, that the ancient Egyptians used for writing
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economy |
The way a country manages money and resources for the production of goods and services |
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Menes |
King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and lower Egypt |
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Khufu |
Egyptan pharaho who built the Great Pyramid |
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Jean Champollion |
Tranaltor of the Rosetta Stone |
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expedition |
A group ofn people who go on a trip for a specific reason. |
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Ahmose I |
1546 B.C New Kindom pharaoh who drove out the Hyksos and reunited Egypt. |
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Amenhotep I |
1514 - 1493 B.C Pharaoh who defended and expanded Egptian territory. |
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Hatshepsut |
1520? - 1482 B.C Female Egyptian Pharaoh. |
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Akhenaton |
1380 - 1362 B.C Pharaoh who instituted monotheism. |
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Ramses II |
1304 - 1237 B.C Pharaoh who defeted the Hittites. |
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decision |
A choice made from a number of alternative |
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decision making |
Chosing from a number of alternatives to achieve a goal |
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alternative |
Another way of doing something |
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cataract |
A steep rapid in a river |
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Social pyramid |
a diagram illustrating the social order divisions within a culture; usally showing the most powerful person or group at the peak and the least powerful groups at the bottom |
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Piye |
740 B.C Piye was the King of Kush
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