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30 Cards in this Set
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1. The people of Ancient Egypt used stories about their ______________ to explain events in nature.
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Gods
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The Egyptian calendar was divided into 3 parts called _________________, ________________ and ___________________ to follow the actions of the Nile.
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Inundation, Emergence, Harvest
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The Egyptians built ____________, ________________, and _______________ to control the floodwaters of the Nile.
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Dikes, Dams, Canals
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Ancient Egyptians believed in ______________ after death.
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life
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All Egyptian records were written in ______________________.
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hieroglyphics
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The three most important things to the Ancient Egyptians were the _____________, the ______________ and the _____________.
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the king, the Next World, the Nile
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The Land of the Dead was on the _________________ side of the Nile.
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West
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The first step pyramid was designed by ____________________, the architect of King Zoser.
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Imhotep
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Ancient Egypt was divided into _______ kingdoms. They were the ____________, ________________ and ______________
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3 -- Old, Middle & New
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The Nile flooded for about ______ months each year.
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4
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Ancient Egyptians worshiped __________________ gods.
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many
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It took_________days to prepare the body for the Next World.
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70
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After the organs were removed, the body was covered in ____________________ for 40 days.
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natron
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The bodies were then wrapped in ____________________.
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linen
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Only the bodies of dead ________________ and ____________________were completely mummified.
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kings & nobles
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The ______________ Pyramid at Giza was built with over 2,000,000 blocks of _____________________.
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Great
Limestone |
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Egyptian pharaoh who believed in only 1 god
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Amenhotep
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a stone discovered by a French Army officer that was the key to reading hieroglyphics
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Rosetta Stone
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a paper-like material which was one of the great inventions of the ancient Egyptians
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Papyrus
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only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt
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Hatshepsut
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boy pharaoh whose tomb was found intact
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Tutankhamen
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a tomb for ancient Egyptian rulers and place where they lived in their afterlife
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pyramid
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the start of the Egyptian new year when the Nile flooded
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Inundation
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the second season when farmers began planting their crops
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emergence
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the final season when the crops were ready to be picked
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Harvest
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the person who controlled all of the land and all of the people in ancient Egypt
delta – the lowland that is formed from the silt that is left at the mouth of a river Book of the Dead – a book of prayers that was buried with the pharaoh to help in his journey to the Next World silt – dirt and rocks that were left behind after flooding that made the soil rich each year Jean Francois Champollion – first person to decode hieroglyphics |
pharaoh
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the lowland that is formed from the silt that is left at the mouth of a river
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Delta
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a book of prayers that was buried with the pharaoh to help in his journey to the Next World
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Book of the Dead
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dirt and rocks that were left behind after flooding that made the soil rich each year
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Silt
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first person to decode hieroglyphics
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Jean Francois Champollion
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