Social Studies Test EGYPT

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An ancient region in the Nile River Valley, now in southern Egypt and northern Sudan

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Nubia

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An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.

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Papyrus

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Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things or sounds

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hieroglyphs

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Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule

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Regent

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A plain at the mouth of a river, formed where flowing water deposits soil.

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delta

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Fine soil found on the bottom of rivers

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silt

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______ complete control over someone or something

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absolute power

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After Hatshepsut died, who rose to power and became one of the greatest pharaohs of the New Kingdom?

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Thutmose III

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According to legend, who started Egypt's first dynasty, when they united Upper and Lower Egypt?

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Menes

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The Old Kingdom is known for

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it's well run government.