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Mixed Bag
100
The Nubian section of the Nile contained six _______________, or rock filled rapids.
What is cataracts
100
_______________, the title used by kings of Egypt.
What is Pharaoh
100
The Egyptains believed in an ____________, a life after death.
What is Afterlife
100
In ancient Egypt, as in Mesopotamia, ideas were written down in picture like symbols called_______________.
What is Hieroglyphs
100
Historians group Egypt's dynasties into three major time periods _________________, ______________, and ____________.
What is Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom
200
in the North, the Nile spread out to form a fertile, marshy area called ______________
What is Lower Egypt
200
A ____________ is a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.
What is Dynasty
200
Egyptains believed that their ___________ and ________ controlled the workings of nature.
What is Gods and Goddesses
200
In this script, some pictures stand for ___________ or ____________.
What is ideas/things or sounds
200
Toward the end of the of the New Kingdom, _________ left Egypt weak and poorly defended.
What is Civil War
300
A ______________ is a plain at the mouth of the river.
What is Delta
300
Egypt's first dynasty began when a king named _______ united Upper and Lower Egypt.
What is Menes
300
Because the souls of the dead could not survive without food, clothing, and other items from this life, their ___________ were buried with them.
What is Possessions
300
The Egyptains began to use hieroglyphs because they needed a way to keep track of the kingdom's growing ___________________.
What is Wealth
300
According to religious beliefs, __________ would leave the mummy, but return to it to receive food offerings.
What is Soul (X2) Ba/Ka
400
_______________ is fine soil found on river bottoms.
What is Silt
400
The Pharaoh had ____________ or complete control over their people.
What is Absolute Power
400
Egypt's climate dried out a person's remains creating a ___________, the preserved body of a dead person.
What is Mummy
400
Egyptians created _________, early form of papers made from a reed found in marshy areas of the ___________.
What is Papyrus and Nile River
400
We know they could ________, _________, _________, and ___________
What is Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract, and work with simple fractions.
500
The ancient Egyptians called their land ____________, the "black land" because of dark soil left by the Nile floods.
What is Kemet
500
_________ ruled Egypt as regent for her step son Thutmose III.
What is Hatshepsut
500
By the time the Fourth Dynasty, the Egyptains had begun practice _____________, artificially preserved the bodies befor burial.
What is Mummification
500
In addition to their developments in writing, the ancient Egyptains made important advances in such fields as _______ and _________.
What is Medicine/Math/Science
500
Te Egyptians also understood _____________, the practice of creating medicines from plants.
What is Herbalism