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rapids
What are cataracts?
100
A triangle shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
What is a delta?
100
The title used by the rulers of Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
100
Series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
100
A period in Egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years, from 2700 BC to 2200 BC.
What is the Old Kingdom?
200
People from rich and powerful families.
What are nobles?
200
Life after death.
What is the afterlife?
200
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.
What are mummies?
200
People of wealth and power.
What are the elite?
200
Huge, stone tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that met in a point on top.
What are the pyramids?
300
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
What is engineering?
300
A period of order and stability which lasted to about 1750 BC.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
300
The period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.
What is the New Kingdom?
300
Paths followed by traders.
What are trade routes?
300
Egyptian writing system.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds.
What is papyrus?
400
A huge, stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
400
Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans.
What are sphinxes?
400
A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top.
What is an obelisk?
400
The job that employed the most people in Egypt.
What is a farmer?
500
His tomb taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs.
Who is King Tutankhamen?
500
What farmers built to water their crops.
What are canals?
500
Remembered for being a great warrior and builder.
Who was Ramses the Great?
500
Filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures.
What are tombs?
500
Could earn their freedom by working.
What are slaves?
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