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The ______ River flows through Egypt.
Nile
Pyramids
What was the first step in mummification?
Removing all of the organs
The ancient system of writing in Egypt is called what?
What are items called that you send out to other regions to trade?
Triangular shaped fertile land formed when a river empties into another body of water
Delta
The Egyptians believed doing this to a body would help them get to the afterlife.
Mummification
What is the name of the people who design and build buildings?
architects
This plant was used to make a paper in Egypt.
Papyrus
What are items called that you bring in from other regions to trade?
Imports
A steep rapid or waterfall
cataract
This represented the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt
Double crown
Who was the first female pharaoh of Egypt?
Hatshepsut
What discovery made it possible to understand hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
What was the name of the kingdom to the south of Egypt that they traded with and fought with?
Kush
The term used for a ruler of Egypt
Pharaoh
Who was the Egyptian god of death and mummification?
Anubis
What imaginary creature had a body of a lion and the head of a human?
Which two groups of people were second after the pharaoh in the Egyptian social class system?
Nobles and Priests
Kushite king who conquered all the land up the the Nile Delta was who?
Piankhi
Believed to be the first king of Egypt
Menes
A government ruled by religious authorities is called what?
Theocracy
This pharaoh is considered one of the greatest, and built temples in Karnak, Abu Simbel, and Luxor.
Ramses the Great
List the three kingdoms of Ancient Egypt.
Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms
Which kingdom conquered Kush and converted to Christianity?
Aksum