Egypt Flashcards

(28 cards)

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Another word for waterfall

A

Cateract

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Egyptian rulers were called

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Pharaohs

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2
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What is a simple form of writing

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Demotic

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3
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What is preservation of the body

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Mummification

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4
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What is the plant that grows along the Nile

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Papyrus

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5
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What the ruling family called

A

Dynasty

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6
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What is a picture representing an idea

A

An ideogram

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7
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Another word for decode

A

Decipher

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8
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Another word for soil

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Silt

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9
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Osiris was the god of….

A

god of the Nile

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10
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Amon re was the god of…

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The sun

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11
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Which kingdom was the ramesside period

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The new kingdom

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12
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Isis was the god of

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The moon

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13
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Who was the god of the dead

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Osiris

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14
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The old kingdom was know as

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The pyramid age

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15
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What was the most common occupation for Egyptians

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A peasant farmer

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The Middle Kingdom was know as…

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The age of nobles

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What kingdom did common people gain

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Middle Kingdom

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The irrigation projects took place in the

19
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What was found in 1798

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The Rosetta Stone

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What is the 150 year period between old and middle kingdoms called

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What sea is east of Egypt

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Was an Egyptians woman’s work confined to the home

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Did scribes play a large part in Egyptian society?

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Is the Libyan desert east of the Nile
No
25
What lies at the niles entrance to the medditeranian
Lower Egypt
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Who united upper and lower Egypt
King Minos
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Who found the Rosetta Stone
The army of Ramsey's 2