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100
What does the word "cataract" mean?
What is rapids.
100
What word means "Egyptian writing symbols."
What is hieroglyphics.
100
Where is Lower Egypt located?
What is near the Nile Delta.
100
Is Hatshepsut a boy or girl?
What is girl.
100
What is the definition of the word afterlife?
What is life after death.
200
What does the word "papyrus" mean?
What is paper-like material.
200
What word means "title used by the ruler of Egypt."
What is pharaoh.
200
Where is Upper Egypt located?
What is near the city of Thebes.
200
Who is the boy king?
What is Tut.
200
How many languages was the Rosetta Stone written in?
What is 3.
300
What does the word "dynasty" mean?
What is a series of rulers from the same family.
300
What word means "paths followed by traders."
What is trade network.
300
Where is the Red Sea?
What is to the right of the Nile River.
300
From when to when did Ramses II (the Great) rule?
What is 1279 - 1213 BC.
300
How were beliefs about eh afterlife linked to items placed in tombs?
What is Egyptians believed that the items placed in the tombs went with them into the afterlife.
400
What does the word "theocracy" mean?
What is a government ruled by religious authorities.
400
What word means "specially treated bodies wrapped cloth."
What is mummy.
400
Which direction does the Nile River flow.
What is north.
400
From when to when did Queen Hatshepsut rule?
What is 1503 - 1482 BC.
400
What effect did the Rosetta Stone have on our understanding of ancient Egypt?
What is The Rosetta Stone allowed us to translate hieroglyphs and learn what they Egyptians wrote about/their daily lives.
500
What does the word "obelisk" mean?
What is a tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top.
500
What word means "imaginary creatures with a body of a lion and head of other animals/humans."
What is sphinx.
500
Which city is located near the Nile Delta?
What is Memphis.
500
When did King Menes begin his rule?
What is 3100 BC
500
Who was King Menes?
What is the king who united Lower and Upper Egypt.
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