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Pot-Pourri
100
Ancient Egypt is located on what present day continent?
What is Africa?
100

Around 3100 B.C., this king is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.

Who is Narmer?

100

Once dead you met Ma'At who would weigh this against an ostrich feather. 

What is your heart?

100
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
What are Heiroglyphics
100
Those in Ancient Egypt who were responsible for recording things in writing / wrote in Hieroglyphics
Who were Scribes?
200

This was the main source of water for the Egyptians and in which direction it flows.

What is the Nile River? It flows north?

200
Female Pharaoh who increased trade and improved the Egyptian economy
Who was Hatshepsut
200

These structures were built as elaborate tombs for pharaohs, intended to protect their bodies and possessions for the afterlife. 

Who is Amon-Re or Ra

200
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; the plant used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
200

*Daily Double*

Allowed historians to decode hieroglyphics and learn about Egyptian culture.

300
This natural event happened every year and provided something very important for growing crops
What is Flooding
300

This was the original capital of Egypt.

What is Memphis?

300
This is the perserved body of a dead person
What is a mummy?
300

During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt was attacked by this group of people. 

Who were the Hyksos?

300

The First city from which the earliest Kushite kings ruled.

What is Napata?

400
A triangular plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water and is often used as farm land.
What is a delta?
400

This period in Egyptian history is marked by massive expansion of the kingdom.

What is the Middle Kingdom?

400
This "deity" had the head of a jackal and was in charge of funerals and death and prepared bodies for the afterlife.
Who is Anubis
400

These jobs were prominent under the middle class. 

What are merchants, artisans, and scribes.

400
Name given to the region around the Nile River delta
What is Lower Egypt?
500
A rocky, physical barrier in the river that would cause rough rapids and make travel impossible
What is cataract
500

Ancient Egypt is important because it established the first one of these. 

What is a Nation State?

500

These spells were often placed in a tomb to help the deceased in their journey through the underworld.

What is the Book of the Dead?

500

These people formed the largest group of people in Egyptian society

Who were the farmers / peasants

500

This time period is considered the period of Pyramids.

What is the Old Kingdom?