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Egyptian Civilization
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History
10th Grade
04/11/2007

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Continent Egypt is part of
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Africa
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Egypt's major river
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Nile
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Body of water into which Egypt's major river empties
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Mediterranean Sea
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Region formed by the mouth of Egypt's major river
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Nile Delta
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Type of land that bordered Egypt's river valley
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desert
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Colossal statue of a crouching lion with a human head
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Sphinx
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Largest of the Egyptian kings' tombs
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Great Pyramid
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Ancient kingdom of southern Egypt
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Upper Egypt
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Ancient kingdom of northern Egypt
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Lower Egypt
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New Kingdom capital city in central Egypt
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Thebes
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Series of great waterfalls in Egypt's major river
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cataracts
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Site of the Great Pyramid, plus other pyramids
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Giza
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Land to the south that became part of Egypt during the empire
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Nubia
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Type of resource scarce in Egypt, usually traded for
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minerals
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This kept many Egyptian manuscripts and artifacts preserved for centuries
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dry climate
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Body of water on Egypt's eastern boundary
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Red Sea
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Total length of Egypt's major river
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4,000 miles
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Two Middle Eastern areas that became part of Egypt's empire during the New Kingdom
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Syria & Palestine
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Land that joined Egypt with western Asia
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Isthmus of Suez
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Capital of the Old Kingdom
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Memphis
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Great center for advanced study
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Heliopolis
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New capital city established by Ikhnaton
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Tell el Amerna
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Religious status of the Egyptian ruler
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god
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Tombs built to house the deathless rulers
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pyramids
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This process preserved bodies for the afterlife
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mummification
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Buildings constructed to honor gods, especially Amon-Re
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temples
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God of the sun
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Re
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God of the underworld; personification of the Nile
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Osiris
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Fertility goddess wife of Osiris
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Isis
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New single god decreed by Ikhnaton
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Aten
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Collection of magic spells to help achieve life after death
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Book of the Dead
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Pharaohs' burial places during the Middle Kingdom
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tombs cut into cliffs
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Each god's symbol, revered and mummified
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sacred animal
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Major preoccupation of Egyptian religion
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life after death
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Sacred insect
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scarab
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God of Thebes
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Amon
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Chief Egyptian god
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Amon-Re
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Son of Re, also of Osiris and Isis
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Horus
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Where all the pyramids were built
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West bank of the Nile
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Monster that devoured sinful souls
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Eater of the Dead
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Device used by god Osiris to judge a soul
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scale
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Belief in a single god
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monotheism
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Belief in a number of gods
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polytheism
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A sacred bull worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
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Hapi
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Boy-king whose unopened tomb was discovered in C.E. 1922
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Tutankhamen
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Hereditary groups who took some power away from Egyptian rulers
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priests & nobles
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Egyptian ruler
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pharaoh
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Type of marriage practiced by Egyptian rulers
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brother-sister marriage
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A series of rulers from a single family; ancient Egypt had 31 of these over 2600 years
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dynasty
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Ruler who united northern and southern Egypt in 3000 B.C.E.
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Menes
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New name of the ruler who established belief in a single god
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Ikhnaton
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Wife and sister of Ikhnaton
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Nefertiti
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Last strong ruler of ancient Egypt
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Ramses II
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First era of ancient Egyptian history the Pyramid Age
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Old Kingdom
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Second era of ancient Egyptian history
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Middle Kingdom
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Third era of ancient Egyptian history; a period of conquest
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New Kingdom
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Leader who conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.E.
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Alexander the Great
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Original owner of all Egyptian land
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pharaoh
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King entombed in the Great Pyramid
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Khufu
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Man who discovered King Tut's tomb
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Howard Carter
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Prince who drove out the Hyksos and began the New Kingdom
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Ahmose
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Female ruler who expanded trade and public building
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Hatshepsut
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Ruler who expanded Egyptian ruler into Syria and Palestine
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Thutmose III
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Southern Kingdom that ruled Egypt from 750 to 670 B.C.E.
Definition
Kush
Term
Asian people who ruled Egypt from 1700 B.C.E to 1600 B.C.E.
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Hyksos
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People who conquered Egypt in 670 B.C.E.
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Assyrians
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Ancient Egyptian system of writing
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hieroglyphic system
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Paperlike Egyptian writing material
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papyrus
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Artifact that showed how to decipher Egyptian writing
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Rosetta Stone
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Economic basis of Egyptian power and wealth
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agriculture
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Source of wealth for Egypt in addition to agriculture
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trade
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Healing science in which Egyptians became proficient
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medicine
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centers of government and religion
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cities
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Material Egyptians used to write with
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ink
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Building material of Egyptian villagers
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mud-brick
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Animal introduced to Egypt by the invading Hyksos
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horse
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Hereditary writing and recordkeeping professional
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scribe
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Time of year when the river flood began
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June
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Mathematical skill developed by the Egyptians outside the city
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geometry
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Type of calendar developed by Egyptians
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365-day calendar
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Important crop in both ancient and modern Egypt
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cotton
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Devices used to build the pyramids
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ramps & levers
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Home of wealthy Egyptians outside the city
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estates
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Storage buildings for grain from good harvests
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granaries
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The two building materials for the pyramids
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granite & limestone
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Approximate number of pyramids built
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80
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