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Egyptian Potpourri
100

Ancient Egypt developed along the banks of what river?

Nile River

100

The Egyptians built huge, stone tombs for the pharaohs called...

pyramids

100

The ancient Egyptians called their rulers..

Pharaoh

100
Egyptians wrote their name inside of an oval-shaped symbol called a...

Cartouche

100

This was a lever used to move water from the river to fields

shadouf

200

What is the name of the triangular area of land with very fertile soil at the mouth of the Nile?

The Delta

200

The bodies of dead pharaohs were preserved for the afterlife through the process called...

mummification

200

The pharaohs claimed to be descended from the gods, and some said they were actually a form of this god...

Ra or Re

200

Egyptians wrote on paper made from reeds and called...

papyrus

200

The Egyptian economy was based on what 2 activities?

agriculture and trade
300

If one were to travel a few miles away from the Nile, all of the land would be ..

desert
300

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for this pharaoh

Khufu

300
Hatshepsut was an important pharaoh known for expanding Egypt's trade, and is notable as one of the few pharaohs who was...

A woman

300

Egyptian writing was a symbolic system known as...

Hieroglyphics

300

This Egyptian god controlled the underworld and had the head of a jackal

Anubis

400

Because the Nile provided food, water, and transportation, making life in Egypt possible, Egypt's nickname is... 

The Gift of the Nile

400

King Tut's tomb was important for archaeologists and historians because...

It was the only one that wasn't looted.
400

The name "Pharaoh" actually means this...

Great House

400

For a time, no one could read hieroglyphics until this object was discovered, written in Greek and Hieroglyphics.

The Rosetta Stone
400
These people were trained to read and write because the hieroglyphics were so hard to learn.

Scribes

500

The Nile is unusual because it flows in what direction?

North

500

In order to get to the afterlife, Egyptians believed your heart must be lighter than this...

A feather

500

Who owned all the land in Egypt?

The pharaoh

500

This Frenchman was the first in modern times to figure out how to read hieroglyphics.

Jean Champollion

500

How did Lord Carnarvon die?

An infected mosquito bite...or a curse

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