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Chapter 2 Egypt Study Guide
Mr. Doyle
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History
7th Grade
10/05/2011

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tribtute
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Forced payments sent to the pharaoh by conquered peoples
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Isis
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Ruled the underworld
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The Book of the Dead
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Collection of spells & prayers
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Pharaoh
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Believed to be the son of Re
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falx, wheat, & barley
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Egyptians grew ______
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Ahmose
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King who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
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Nile
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Longest river in the world
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The Great Pyramid
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Tallest building in the world for 4,000 years
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gentle & dependable
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The Nile's River's flooding could be described as ________.
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Cataracts
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Natural barriers that protected Egypt in the south
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Hatshepsut
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Female pharaoh
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Narmer
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United Upper & Lower Egypt
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Re
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chief god of the Egyptians
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embalming
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Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing
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Papyrus
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Used in papermaking
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