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Where is Egypt?

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Top right corner of Africa

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Where is the Mediterranean Sea?

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Above Egypt

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Where is the Sahara Desert?

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Everywhere except for a bit at the top

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Who appointed government officials?

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Pharaohs

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What were artisans?

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Craftsmen in organized hierarchies

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Lower Egypt is

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Above

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Upper Egypt is

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Lower

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The Red Sea is

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To the right

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The nile rive direction:

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South to north

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Theocratic Monarchy

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Where Pharaohs were seen as living gods

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Pharaoh is called

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Ma’at

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Pharaohs were seen as

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Living gods

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Who were the highest officials?

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Government Officials

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Who would supply men for the army?

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Regional Governors

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Who would conscript soldiers?

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Nomarch

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What did scribes do? (Name at least three.)

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Wills, Genealogy, Magic spells, court proceedings, tax records, medical procedures, stock records

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What did merchants carry?

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Gold, papyrus, linen cloth and jewelry

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What do merchants trade stuff for?

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Live baboons and lions, cedar and ebony wood, panther skins and giraffe tails for fly whisks

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Who was the craftsman under Akhenaten?

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Parennfer

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What was the percentage of peasants in Ancient Egypt?

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80%

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What do peasants do?

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They worked in fields and as servants for the higher class

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What did peasants do during the flooding season?

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Harvested crops and built bricks out of mud for houses

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Were there slaves at all?

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We don’t know

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Hem (Hm) definition

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Body, lessened person

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Who's at the top of the social pyramid?
Pharaoh
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Who's second on the social pyramid?
Government Officials
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Who's third on the social pyramid?
Soldiers
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Who's fourth on the social pyramid?
Scribes
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Who's fifth on the social pyramid?
Merchants
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Who's seventh on the social pyramid?
Peasants
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Who's sixth on the social pyramid?
Craftsmen
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Were laws applied equally to all classes?
Yes
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Who's eighth on the social pyramid?
Slaves
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What does the goddess Ma'at represent?
Law and Justice
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What is one law?
Rapists were castrated, Corrupt officials would get their hands cut off, minor crimes had 100 lashes
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What rights did women have?
The same as men
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What was the Nile used for mainly?
Harvest, trade and travel
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What did the Nile give to them?
Fish and Rich Soil
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Name three gods or goddesses
Ra, Amon, Osiris, Isis, Anubis, Ma'at, Horus
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What are some facts about King Tut?
Tutankhamen, He became Pharaoh at 9, he died at 19, no one knows how he died, he was the youngest Pharaoh, He married his half sister
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What did they farm?
Wheat, papyrus, flaxseed and barley
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What animals were domesticated?
Velvet monkeys, ferrets, dogs, cats, ducks and geese
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What was school used for?
Math, religious teachings, reading and writing.
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Did girls attend school?
NO
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What did they take notes on school?
Pieces of pottery
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What were some inventions and accomplishments?
Math, 365 day calendar, units of measurement, paper, metalworking and glassblowing, they understood the human body but thought the brain was useless
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Who was the creator god?
Atum
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What was the sacred trinity?
Isis, Osiris and Horus
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What was death viewed as?
A new beginning
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What was the most important thing to Egypt?
Religion
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Who was the god of the underworld?
Anubis

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