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Egypt Flashcards

1
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the heretic pharaoh who ruled before Tutankhamun, possibly his father or his brother. The experts disagree.

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Akhenaten (Amenophis IV)

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2
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Magic objects worn or carried to bring good luck or keep away evil.

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Amulets

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3
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wife of King Tutankhamun

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Ankhesenamun

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4
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Grandfather of Ankesenamun, successor to Tutankhamun

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Ay

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5
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the photographer who worked with Howard Carter, taking pictures of Tutankhamun’s tomb as it was excavated

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Harry Burton

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6
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the containers which held the internal organs of mummified body

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canoptic jars

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7
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a british nobleman who financed archaeological explorations in Egypt

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Lord Carnarvon

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8
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the archaeologist who discovered and excavated Tutankhamun’s tomb

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Howard Carter

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9
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an archaeologist who worked in Egypt the turn of the century

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Theodore Davis

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10
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to prepare a body for burial

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embalm

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10
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ancient people who lived in what is known as Syria and Turkey

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Hittites

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11
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the ancient Egyptian term for the soul or the spirit

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Ka

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12
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a dead body treated to be preserved

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mummy

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13
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a sodium mineral which has a drying effect

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Natron

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14
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a large and elaborate cemetery

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Necropolis

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15
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the God of ancient Egypt who died yearly and was reborn

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Osiris

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16
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decorations worn on the chest

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pectorals

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17
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a ruler of ancient Egypt

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Pharaoh

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18
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the sun God of ancient Egypt symbolized by the hawk

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Ra

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19
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a pharaoh of Egypt in the 12th century B.C., whose tomb was close to that of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings

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Ramesses VI

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20
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a stone coffin

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sarcophagus

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21
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stones carved to resemble beetles, symbols of life reborn to the ancient Egyptians

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Scarabs

22
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a small statue placed in an Egyptian tomb. In the afterlife the ___ became the servants of the dead person

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Shawabty

23
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the king, or pharaoh, of Egypt from about 1361 to 1352 B.C.

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Tutankhamun

24
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a salve or ointment made from oil or fat, many times with expensive perfumes added

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unguents

25
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upper class A

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pharaoh

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upper class B

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vizier, priest, and high priest

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upper class C

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chief army officer, nobles, scribes, high government official

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middle class D

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architects, artists, farmers, skilled craftsmen, and merchants

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middle class E

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commander of army

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lower class F

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servants and unskilled laborers

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lower class G

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slaves and peasants

26
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professional __ were hired by the family to cry, wave their arms and cry uncontrollably

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mourners

26
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most Egyptians were buried __ in shallow graves

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naked

26
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it took __ days to mummify a body

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70

27
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After ___ days the body’s skin would become dry and leathery

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40

27
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the __ organs were removed to prevent decay

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internal

27
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Egyptians believed that if a person’s body was preserved on earth the soul would have eternal life in the kingdom of ___ their God

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Osiris

27
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Egyptians discovered that the hot dry sand of the __ preserved the body better than the fertile earth close to the Nile

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desert

28
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the mummy was sometimes given a face __ that resembled the deceased

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masks

29
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the body was bathed in __ and other liquids

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wine

30
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after 40 days mummies were cleaned again and rubbed with spices and __ to soften the skin

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oils

31
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in Egypt a persons __ was judged by the number of mourners at the funeral

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importance

32
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when the mummy would arrive at the tomb the __ would perform the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony

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priest

33
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its function was to preserve the body after death

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pyramids

34
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a priest would touch the mummies __ to enable the deceased to his body again

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mouth

35
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the ___ in the wine would kill decay– causing bacteria

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alcohol

36
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Egyptian civilization grew along this river

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Nile

37
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Egyptian civilization grew along the river because

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the rest of the country was a desert region

38
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the Egyptians developed geometry and algebra

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false

39
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most people were __ and slaves

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peasants

40
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what was egypts nickname

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the gift of the nile

40
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the egyptians developed a calendar with __ days

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365

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