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Ancient Egypt Review
Review of all things Egypt for the test!!
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History
7th Grade
11/21/2011

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Silt
Definition
rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river
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cataract
Definition
a rock-filled rapid in a river
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delta
Definition
the place at the mouth of a river where it splits into several streams to form an area shaped like a triangle
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How long is the Nile River?
Definition
more than 4,000 miles long
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The woman pharaoh
Definition
Hatshepsut
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pharaoh
Definition
the title for the ruler in Ancient Egypt
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dynasty
Definition
a family of rulers
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The three kingdoms of Ancient Egypt
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Old, Middle and New Kingdom
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In what period was the great pyramid built?
Definition
Old Kingdom
Term
In what period was the classical period of art and literature?
Definition
Middle Kingdom
Term
Earliest Hieroglyphics
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Old Kingdom
Term
Became a part of the Roman Empire
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Greco-Roman Period
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Egyptian writing
Definition
hieroglyphics
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papyrus
Definition
material made from plants along the Nile River that hieroglyphics were written on
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Egyptian god of mummification
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Anubis
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Egyptian BAD DUDE god
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Seth
Term
King of the Egyptian gods
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Ra (AKA Amen-Ra)
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Had his eyes poked out by his uncle
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Horus
Term
goddess of love and fertility and protector of women
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Hathor
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Sea to the north of Egypt
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Mediterranean Sea
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Sea to the east of Egypt
Definition
Red Sea
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