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Unit 3 Ancient Egypt

Factual content for Ancient Egypt

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What river was important to Ancient Egypt?The Nile River
What is the fertile soil known as that was deposited from the flooding of the Nile?Silt
Which Old Kingdom Pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt?Menes
What are the time periods of Ancient Egypt?Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
During which kingdom where the pyramids constructed?Old Kingdome
What was the title given to Ancient Egyptian kings?Pharaoh
What system of government was utilized by the Pharaoh to administer government?Bureaucracy
What government officials headed the different departments of Egyptian government?Vizer
What ancient structures were built as necropolises around the Ancient city of Memphis?Pyramids
What caused the collapse of the Old Kingdom?Disease and Civil War
What form of conflict is described as people from the same country fighting each other?Civil War
Who were the foreign invaders that invaded and ruled EgyptHyksos
What war time technology is introduced by the Hyksos?chariots
Which historical figure was the first female pharaoh?Hatsheput
Which New Kingdom pharaoh expanded Ancient Egypt’s empire?Thutmose III
What aspect of Ancient Egyptian culture impacted Egyptian’s dailyReligion
What ritual was important for preparing the body for the afterlife?Mumification
Which pharaoh’s tomb led to more discoveries about the Valley of the Kings?King Tutankhamen/ King Tut
Who discovered “King Tut’s” tomb?Howard Carter
What was the system of writing that was developed by the Ancient Egyptians?Hieroglyphics
What historical object was critical to deciphering hieroglyphics?Rosetta Stone
What areas learning were impacted by the Ancient Egyptians?Math and Science


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Grimsley High School
NC

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