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100
a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra
What is obelisk?
100
the irrigation device used by the Egyptians
What is a shadoof?
100
the king who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
100
a rock bed piles high in a river creating small waterfalls
What are cataracts?
100
the second largest continent
What is Africa?
200
the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing
What is Rosetta Stone?
200
monument with the head of a man and the body of a lion that stands near the pyramids
What is the Sphinx?
200
the Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for him
Who is King Khufu?
200
the world's largest desert that covers most of Egypt
What is the Sahara?
200
the highest mountain in Africa
What is Kilimanjaro?
300
a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life
What is a mummy?
300
title given to an Egyptian king
What is pharaoh?
300
the first pharaoh
Who is Akhenaton?
300
a buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
300
a highland plain
What is a plateau?
400
world's first paperlike material
What is papyrus?
400
second in command to the Egyptian king
What is a vizier?
400
the only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt
Who is Hatshepsut?
400
The "Gift of the Nile" is another name for this.
What is Egypt?
400
low land between mountains
What is a valley?
500
ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects
What is hieroglyphics?
500
the secretary to the ruler in a court
What is a scribe?
500
the pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt
Who is Tutankhamen?
500
the area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found
What is Valley of the Kings?
500
flat area of land
What is a plain?