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The Nile River is located in which country and continent?
Country of Egypt, continent of Africa
100
Pharaohs had government officials working for them. What were these officials called?
Bureaucrats
100
A government where the same person was both political and religious leader was called?
Theocracy
100
Name at least two types of people that belonged to the upper class of Egyptian society.
Pharaoh and his family, army commanders, nobles, and priests
100
A government representative to another country is called ?
Envoy
200
How long is the Nile River?
4,258 miles long
200
Ancient Egypt was divided into two regions. What were they called?
The Upper and Lower Kingdoms
200
True or false. Pharaohs had to split land ownership with their bureaucrats.
False. Pharaohs owned all the land in Egypt and used it as they pleased.
200
Farmers belonged to which social class in Egyptian society?
The lower class
200
A material that produces a distinct smell when burned is called?
Incense
300
Name at least one thing the Nile provided farmers as they grew crops.
Silt (the damp soil was perfect for farming) Natural irrigation Natural fertilization
300
What was the name of the first pharaoh of Egypt?
Narmer
300
What was the name of the pyramid that was the world's tallest structure for about 4,000 years?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
300
Women had more rights in Egypt than in other civilizations. Name one thing they were allowed to do in Egypt.
Own property, buy and sell goods, and obtain divorces
300
Stone structures built as tombs for Old Kingdom Pharaohs are called?
Pyramids
400
What were the rulers of Egypt called?
Pharaohs
400
What was Narmer's significance in Egyptian history?
He unified the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of Egypt.
400
Pyramid tombs were built to protect pharaohs from ?
floods, wild animals, and robbers
400
How did the Nile River and nearby deserts help early Egyptians?
They formed a natural barrier that protected people living in the Nile River Valley.
400
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying is called?
Embalming
500
What is the name of the apparatus that involved a bucket attached to a long pole that was used to transfer water from river to canal?
Shadoof
500
What is a cataract?
A waterfall or rapids in a river
500
What was the name for the Egyptian writing symbols that used a combination of pictures and sound symbols?
Hieroglyphics
500
What is succession in your own words?
The order in which family members inherit the throne
500
A fan-shaped area of silt built up where a river flows into a sea or gulf is a ?
Delta
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