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100
Which large monument has the head of a man and the body. legs, and paws of a lion?
The Great Sphinx 
100
What title was given to Egyptian kings?
Pharaoh
100
What was the world's first paper like material?
papyrus scrolls 
100
What is a delta?
A buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river 
100
What was the Valley of the Kings?
A later burial place for pharaohs and other important people, because pyramids were easily raided.
100
What is a time with a serious shortage of food called?
A famine
200
What is a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra?
An obelisk 
200
Who was second in command to the Egyptian pharaoh?
The vizier
200
Ancient Egyptian writing system
hieroglyphs 
200
What is a rock bed piled high in a river, creating small waterfalls?
A cataract 
200
Which letter is Memphis?
D
200
What do we call a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life?
A mummy
300
What were the pyramids of Giza probably used for?
Tombs
300
Who was a famous vizier?
Joseph from the Bible
300
What was the Rosetta Stone?
It was the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing because it translated hieroglyphs to Greek.
300
Which desert covers most of Egypt?
The Sahara
300
Which letter is Mt. Sinai?
A
300
What is "the Gift of the Nile?"
Egypt itself.
400
Which king united upper and lower Egypt?
Menes
400
What is a shadoof?
It's an irrigation device used by the Egyptians to move Nile water into storing tanks and irrigation canals. 
400
What is the world's second largest continent?
Africa
400
Which letter is the Nile River?
H
400
Why did Egypt decline in power?
They had no iron mines to make stronger weapons.
There was a lot of in-fighting among the pharaohs and their courts.
500
What was the secretary to the ruler in a court called?
A scribe
500
What is a square and plumb line?
a tool for making sure a building was straight and level 
500
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Mt. Kilimanjaro
500
Which letter is the Sinai Peninsula?
C
500
What are canopic jars?
Jars in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the internal organs of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummy. 
600
Who ordered the Great Pyramid to be built as his tomb?
King Khufu
600
What is the world's longest river?
The Nile
600
Which letter is Thebes?
F
700
Who was the first pharaoh?
Akhenaton
700
What is a plain?
It is a flat or level area of land without big hills or mountains.
700
Which letter is Upper Egypt?
G
800
Name a famous woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt
Hatshepsut
800
What is a plateau?
It's a plain located on top of a steep cliff - a highland plain.
800
Which letter is Lower Egypt?
E
900
What was King Tutankhamen known for?
He died young, but he was the only pharaoh who we have discovered so far with an undisturbed tomb.
900
What is the world's largest desert?
The Sahara
1000
What is a valley?
Low land between hills or mountains