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The name given to all the rulers of Egypt

Pharoah


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Longest river in the world

Nile

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These huge tombs were built by hand with no machines and were used to honor and house their Pharaohs

Pyramids

100

The Nile River is located on the continent of _______.

Africa

100

What geographic feature made up most of Egypt?

Desert

200

A plant that grows along the Nile that can be turned into paper.

Papyrus

200

Farmer's understanding of yearly ______ made community life in Egypt possible

Floods

200

This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead

Mummification

200

Why would pharaohs be buried with their favorite things?

To have in the afterlife

200

a plant that grows along the nile that can be turned into paper

Papyrus

300

A person who studies history through the examination of artifacts

Archeologist

300

This word means king

Pharaoh

300

The Ancient Egyptian form of writing

Hieroglyphics

300

List at least 3 steps in the mummification process.

Remove organs

Cover in salt

Wrap in linen

300

The word for digging ditches to bring water from the Nile to the farms

Irrigation

400

A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock creating very fertile soil

Silt

400

A historian who studies history through the examination of artifacts

Archeologist

400

The material that Pyramids were made out of

Limestone

400

The Egyptians worshipped many gods. What is the word for this?

Polytheistic  

400

What is the nutrient rich soil that is left behind after flooding called?

Silt

500

The end of a river when it branches off into smaller rivers before emptying into a bigger body of water

Delta

500

What was the coffin that they would place mummies in called?

Sarcophagus 

500

Which way does the Nile River flow and why?

South to North due to a higher elevation in the south part of Egypt

500

What did the Nile river, desert and Mediterranean Sea all provide Egyptians?

Protection

500

A system of writing in Ancient Egypt

Heiroglyphics

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