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World History and Cultures
Quiz 4
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History
8th Grade
10/03/2012

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Ramses II
Definition
Most outstanding monarch of the Later New Kingdom"
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Herodotus
Definition
"Father of History" who called Egypt the gift of the Nile"
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What city became the center of Egyptian life?
Definition
Cairo
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Pyramid
Definition
Structure best symbolized the Egyptian concept of state and society
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Champollion
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Frenchman that was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone
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Hatshepsut
Definition
Female Pharaoh of Egypt that ruled jointly with her nephew
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Hyksos
Definition
Asiatic warriors who brought the Egyptians Middle Kingdom to an end
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Tutankhamen
Definition
Teenage pharaoh whose tomb was discovered in 1922
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
Ancient Egyptian writing
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Menes
Definition
first pharaoh of United Egypt
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