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What two regions did the Nile River flow through?
What is Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
100
Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
What is the pharaoh who was both ruler and god
100
Define hieroglyphics?
What is Egyptian writing system
100
What geographic feature brought life to Egypt and allowed it to thrive?
What is river
200
Define delta?
What is a triangle-shaped area of land
200
defines nobles?
What is people from rich and powerful families
200
How did the Rosetta Stone help scholars and historians in their study of hieroglyphics?
What is It provided a Greek text that matched the early Egyptian writing.
200
Define papyrus
What is A paper-like material made from reeds
300
How did cataracts help and hurt the Egyptian people?
What is Cataracts protected Egypt from invaders but prevented sailing on parts of the river.
300
Which of the following beliefs was central to Egyptian religion?
What is the afterlife
300
Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs?
What is King Tutankhamen
300
What is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes called?
What is engineering
400
Define dynasty?
What is series of rulers from the same family
400
Define ka?
What is a person’s life force
400
Which of the following best defines sphinx?
What is statue of an imaginary creature
400
Which of these statements is true about polytheism?
What is There are many gods and goddesses.
500
Why did the pharaoh wear a double crown? What did it symbolize?
What is it symbolized both upper and lower Egypt and they ruled over both Upper and Lower Egypt.
500
Why did the Egyptians build their pyramids to be grand and spectacular?
What is because they reflected a pharaoh’s importance
500
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
What is Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.
500
Who united Egypt and became the first pharaoh?
What is Menes
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