What do you call a person who specialises in the study of Ancient Egypt?
Egyptologists
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Ancient Egypt developed along the ________ River.
Nile
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What were the two kingdoms of Ancient Egypt?
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
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What are the four main periods of Ancient Egypt?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Period
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The position of pharaoh was passed down to members of the same family or _________.
dynasty
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The Egyptian economy was based on _________________ and trade
fluvial agriculture
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The Egyptians, like the Mesopotamians, made important advances in ___________ and __________ to predict the flooding of the Nile and increase agricultural production.
mathematics and astronomy
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What was the religion of Ancient Egypt?
polytheistic
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The Egyptians ___________ their corpses where they embalm them so that the body would be as well preserved as possible.
mummified
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What do you call the embalmed corpse wrapped in linen?
mummy
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During the Old Kingdom, the capital was established in ___________.
Memphis
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During the Middle Kingdom, the capital moved to ________.
Thebes
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During the Late Kingdom, Egypt was conquered by ____________.
Alexander the Great
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Name at least 3 Egyptian gods
Ra, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amun, Hathor, Sekhmet, Anubis, Thot and Set
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___________ are buildings dedicated to the gods.
Temples
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_______ were buildings that contained burial chambers or rooms where the sarcophagus was placed with the mummy inside.