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A huge building with four sloping triangular shaped sides
pyramid
100
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt
pharaoh
100
The Nile River flows for more than how many miles?
4,000
100
It took more than 20 years to build what in Ancient Egypt?
pyramid
100
Ancient Egyptians know a lot about the human body because of their work on what?
mummies
200
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
dynasty
200
A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
Astronomer
200
Who became ruler of Egypt while he was still a child? His treasures have taught us a great deal about the ancient Egyptians.
King Tut
200
To keep track of the kingdom's growing wealth, ancient Egyptians began using what?
hieroglyphs
200
True or False Egyptian women had most of the rights that men had.
true
300
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
regent
300
An early form of paper
papyrus
300
In ancient Egypt, a very important practice was to prepare the dead for the what?
afterlife
300
The hot sands of what desert helped protect Egypt and Nubia from foreign attacks?
Sahara
300
It took over how many years to build a pyramid in ancient Egypt?
20
400
A mineral or combination of minerals mixed for the production of metals
ore
400
Pictures or other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, and sounds
hieroglyphs
400
Nubia's location between Egypt and Central Africa helped it to become a center for what?
trade
400
What became ideal along the banks of the Nile River because each spring the Nile flooded and deposited a rich layer of sediment?
farming
400
Ancient Egyptians believed the what of the dead made their way to the afterlife in heavenly boats?
spirits (souls)
500
A plain at the mouth of a river
delta
500
A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water
cataract
500
What tells us about the every day life of the ancient Egyptians? (2 words)
written records
500
Meroe became what when Nubians took control of trade routes by using iron weapons?
rich
500
Explain why Egypt's rulers had more authority than most rulers have today.
Egyptian rulers had more authority than most rulers have today because the Egyptians thought that the rulers had god-like powers and therefore hesitated to questions their authority.