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Vocabulary

Egyptian Gods

Famous People

Mesopotamia

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Trade without using money.

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What is barter?

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Egyptian form of writing

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What is hieroglyphics?

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To bring water to a place where there is none.

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What is irrigation?

3

Paper that Egyptians wrote on

4

What is papyrus?

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Belief in many gods

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What is polytheism?

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“God” that would eat your heart if you had done bad deeds in your life.

Who is Ammit?

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The chief or main god.

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Who is Amon Ra?

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God of the underworld. Was brought back to life

by his wife/sister.

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Who is Osiris?

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Priests would wear a mask of this god while

performing the embalming process.

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Who is Anubis?

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Son of Isis and Osiris. Pharaohs were buried

with his protective “eye”.

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Who is Horus?

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Jean Francois Champollion translated

the __________.

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What is the Rosetta Stone?

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This pharaoh was known for wearing a false

beard.

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Who was Hatshepsut?

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This archaeologist discovered King Tut’s

tomb.

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Who is Howard Carter?

This is the first pharaoh of Egypt.

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Who is Narmer (Menes)?

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This Babyloian king created the first set of

written laws…an eye for an eye…

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Who was Hammurabi

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What two rivers were important to

Mesopotamians?

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What are the Tigris and Euphrates?

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This area lies between the Persian Gulf and Red

Sea and is where farming could occur.

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What is the Fertile Crescent?

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The wheel and sailboat were invented by these

people along with cuneiform.

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Who were the Sumerians?

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Who invented the alphabet that ours is

based on today?

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Who are the Phoenicians?

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One of the 7 Wonders of the world, this was

located in Babylon and was build by a king for

his wife.

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What are the Hanging Gardens?

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Why is King Tut famous?

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His tomb wasn’t robbed and had all of its gold?

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What were the containers that held internal organs

called?

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What are canopic jars?

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Limestone

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What is the what the pyramids are made of?

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Approximately how long is the Nile?

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What is 3,000 miles?

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What body of water does the Nile empty into?

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What is the Mediterranean Sea?

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