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What is an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips called?
mummy
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The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.

What is South to North?

100

Because the Egyptians knew when the Nile was going to flood every year and that it made it more predictable than what two Mesopotamian rivers?

Tigris and Euphrates

100
The Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a
deity (god)
100
What was a major result of the Nile flooding?
made the soil fertile
200

The ancient Egyptians lived along this river

What is the Nile?

200
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for what Pharaoh?
Khufu
200
What natural barrier to the West protects Egypt from invasion?
Desert
200

Who was the pharaoh that united the Upper and Lower kingdoms?

Who is Narmer

200

Who was the Egyptian god of the river?

Hapi

300

The continent where Ancient Egypt was located

What is Africa?

300

People who are hired to work in the government are called 

What are bureaucrats 

300

The Egyptians worshipped many gods. The term for that is

What is polytheistic?

300

A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.

What is Sphinx?

300

Most people in Egyptian society did this job

What are farmers?

400
What was the tallest building in the world for 4,000 years and is the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders still standing?
The Great Pyramid
400

What was a nice smelling spice that Hapshepsut imported into Egypt?

What is incense

400

What is another name for an Egyptian King?

Pharaoh

400
wild rapids found on the Nile River are known as
cataracts
400
a line of rulers from one family is called a
dynasty
500

The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians

What is rich soil; it provided water for growing food; travel; bathing

500

During the mummification these were placed in special canopic jars and kept next to the mummy.

What are the body's organs?

500

In a theocracy, the form of government in the Old Kingdom, who ruled the government?

What is a pharaoh or religious leader?

500

During what Kingdom did Egyptians start burying pharaohs in tombs in the cliffs instead of in pyramids?

Middle Kingdom

500

A mummy was kept in a case called a 

What is a sarcophagus?