Geography
Pharaohs
Achievements
Culture
Religion
100
A plain at the mouth of a river is called this.
What is a delta?
100
The pharaohs of Egypt had complete control over their people. This was called ______________
What is absolute power?
100
These were huge buildings that had four sloping walls shaped like triangles.
What were pyramids?
100
A source of wealth for ancient Egypt in addition to agriculture.
What is trade?
100
This is why the ancient Egyptians placed the pharaoh's favorite clothes and objects in a his/her tomb.
What is to be used in the afterlife?
200
The Nubian section of the Nile River contained six of these rock-filled rapids.
What were cataracts?
200
This is someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule. Hatshepsut was one for her stepson, Thutmose III.
What is a regent?
200
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group is called this.
What is a dynasty?
200
This object was found in 1799. By 1820, it was used to translate hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
The ancient Egyptians knew a lot about the body because of this.
What is mummification?
300
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.
What is papyrus?
300
According to legend, this pharaoh united upper and lower Egypt.
Who was Menes?
300
An important crop in both ancient and modern Egypt.
What is cotton?
300
This is the proper order of Egyptian society form highest to lowest. (4 levels)
What is pharaohs, nobles, merchants, peasants
300
Which side of the Nile River was considered home to the dead? The east or the west?
What is the west?
400
This is why the Nubians developed a trade route over land.
What is the cataracts on the Nile River limited travel?
400
This is when the planning for a pharaoh's tomb began.
What is when the pharaoh was crowned?
400
The two building materials used to build the pyramids.
What were granite and limestone?
400
The writing system in ancient Egypt that consisted of picture like symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
The device used by the god Osiris to judge a soul.
What is a scale?
500
Nubia was nicknamed this because of all the skilled arachers there.
What is "Land of the Bow"?
500
This female ruler expanded trade and public building.
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
The Great Pyramid was built in this ancient city.
What is Giza?
500
What is the present-day capital of Egypt?
What is Cairo?
500
This is the god of the dead. According to Egyptian myth, this god invented mummification.
What is Anubis?
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