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World History – Patterns of Interaction – Chapter 2 – Early River Valley Civilizations – Assignment #2 – Pages 35 – 41.
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I – Define each of the following terms.
1 – Silt –
2 – “Black Land” – (google.com) –
3 – “Red Land” – (google.com) –
4 – Cataract – (dictionary.com – context) –
5 – Delta – (context) –
6 – Pharaoh –
7 – Theocracy –
8 – Canopic Jars – (google.com) –
9 – Hieroglyphic(s) –
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II – Answer each of the following questions.
1 – What did the Greek historian Herodotus mean when, in the 5th century B.C., he said that Egypt was the “Gift of the Nile”?
2 – Why is the region of the Nile River in the southern part of Egypt called “Upper Egypt”?
3 – Why were the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs more important than their palaces?
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4 – What three facts are illustrated by the construction of the pyramids by the Egyptians during the Old Kingdom?
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5 – Identify the four that were placed individually in “canopic jars” during the process of mummification.
A - ………………………….
B - ……………………………..
C - ……………………….
D - …………………….
6 – Through what three means could Egyptians of the lower classes and/or slaves improve their social status?
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