Duplicate of Ancient Egypt by Lowther

Question 1

Ancient Egyptians learned about anatomy from

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mummification

Question 2

Ancient Egyptians made paper out of

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papyrus

Question 3

system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations

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bureaucracy

Question 4

a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose

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mummy

Question 5

A group of rocky rapids is called

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cataracts

Question 6

Ancient Egyptians knew when the annual floods would come because

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the star Sirius would appear

Question 7

What present day body of water connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?

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Suez Canal

Question 8

the buying and selling of goods, also called trade

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commerce

Question 9

Because of cultural diffusion, Ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures were exactly the same.

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False

Question 10

One reason Nubia traded with the Egyptians was because

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Nubians had little farmland

Question 11

Which Pharaoh fought against the Hittites in the area that was then called Kadesh?

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Ramses II

Question 12

Egyptian symbols that stand for a word, idea or sound

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hieroglyphics

Question 13

The spread of cultural traits from one culture to another is called

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cultural diffusion

Question 14

A lunar calendar is based on

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the moon

Question 15

In order for Ancient Egyptians to build pyramids, they had to use

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engineering, mathematics

Question 16

A person whose job it is to record information and maintain records

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scribe

Question 17

The strip of rich, dark, fertile land on either side of the Nile River and Delta was called

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the black lands

Question 18

The Book of the Dead was

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a guide to the afterlife for dead souls

Question 19

Ancient Egyptians believed they could enter the afterlife if they

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lived good lives, preserved their bodies for the afterlife

Question 20

Egypt and Nubia had trade interdependence because

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each had something the other needed

Question 21

A geographic feature formed by silt carried to the mouth of the river

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delta

Question 22

the study of the structure of the body and its organs

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anatomy

Question 23

hard white material made from elephant tusks

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ivory

Question 24

The solar calendar the Egyptians eventually developed

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had 365 days a year, was based on the sun

Question 25

The sun god, who the Egyptians felt was the most important god to worship

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Amon-Re

Question 26

a skilled worker who practices a handicraft is called

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artisan

Question 27

The delta of the Nile River is next to

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Mediterranean Sea

Question 28

The vast deserts of burning sand in Ancient Egypt were called

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the red lands

Question 29

The main purpose of a pyramid was

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to serve as a tomb for a pharaoh

Question 30

True or False. Cataracts made it impossible for ships to travel upstream from Egpyt.

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True

Question 31

black wood from West Africa

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ebony

Question 32

This pharaoh built more monuments than any other pharaoh

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Ramses II

Question 33

Nubia's writing and one of the world's first alphabet

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Meroitic Script

Question 34

The first pharaoh to unite Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt was

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Menes

Question 35

Through cultural diffusion, Nubians and Egyptians both

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worshipped Egyptian gods, built pyramids

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