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Water
Rulers
Afterlife
Paper, Writing and Trade
Geographical Features
100
A large waterfall or strong rush of water like a rapid is called
What is cataract
100
This is what Egyptians called their kings or queens
What is a pharaoh
100
Egyptians believed that life after death was called
What is the afterlife
100
Egyptian writing was a group of pictures and symbols called
What is hieroglyphs
100
The Nile River flows from the hills in Ethiopia and Western Africa. What direction does the river flow?
What is North
200
The triangle plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited is called
What is a delta
200

A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group is called (hint: when the ruler diiiiiied....someone else in his family took over)

What is a dynasty

200
Preserving a dead body in a life-like condition is called
What is a mummy or mummification.
200
This plant, grown on the Nile, was used to make paper
What is papyrus
200
What geographical feature is to the west of the Nile River?
What is a desert
300
The river that was the center of Egyptian Life is called
What is the Nile River
300
Egyptian pharaohs were thought to have this sort of power
What is god-like.
300

Royal tombs made with 4 sloping triangle shaped sides were called

What is a pyramid

300
Papyrus was a plant that is similar to what other plant
What are reeds or bamboo
300
Egypt is surrounded by which three continents
What are Africa, Asia and Europe
400
This is the sea to the East of Egypt
What is the Red Sea
400

When one ruler has total complete control over something or someone is called

What is Absolute Power

400
The ancient city where the Great Pyramids could be found was
What is Giza
400
Minerals that are taken out of mines are called
What is ore
400
Name two other ancient civilizations that are near Ancient Egypt
What are Phoenicia and Mesopotamia
500

This is the sea to the North that the Nile empties into

What is the Mediterranean Sea

500
Someone who rules for a child, until they are old enough to rule by themselves is called
What is a regent
500
The body was covered in this substance to make sure all moisture was removed from the body
What is salt or Natron
500
Egypt traded with this "center of trade" for gold, copper and iron
What is Nubia
500
Name the three bodies of water important to Egyptian trade
What are the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River