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Life in Egypt Review

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    Egypt
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  • World's longest river?
    Nile River
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  • How did the Egyptian farmers get such fertile soil in the desert?
    Fertile silt was left behind each year after the June-July flooding
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  • What did King Menes do to help Egypt?
    He joined Upper & Lower Egypt into one empire
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  • King Menes chose to be called ____________ ,which means "Great House".
    Pharaoh
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  • What city was the first capital of Egypt?
    Memphis
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  • How was the new capital of Egypt chosen?
    It was centrally located between the two former nations.
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  • Explain how you know that Egyptians believed in the after life?
    The pharaohs were buried with treasures in their pyramids & tombs
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  • A Pharaoh controlled all of Egypt and was like a living ___________.
    God
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  • What eventually happened to most of the treasure inside the pyramids?
    The treasures were stolen by grave robbers
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  • Egyptians stopped building pyramids because ________.
    They were too expensive
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  • Where were the pharaohs bodies & tombs located after pyramids were no longer built?
    Tombs were hidden below the sand.
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  • How long is the NIle River?
    about 4,000 miles long
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  • Why is the Rosetta Stone so important?
    It was the key to figuring reading Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
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  • The oldest mummy ever found was from Egypt. True or False?
    False (Chile-7,800 yrs ago)
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  • Who was Jean Francois Champollion?
    He decipered the Rosetta Stone
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