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What is the world's longest river that flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea? It's also the ONLY reason ancient Egypt existed.
the Nile
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What's Egypt's form of writing with hundreds of pictures standing for words with some alphabetic symbols?
hieroglyphics
100
What's the first form of paper, invented by the Egyptians from a reed that grew in the rivers' wetlands?
papyrus
100
What's the ruler or king of Egypt, from a word that meant "the Great House"?
pharaoh
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What's a giant limestone figure with a lion's body and man's head that was once painted in bright colors guarding a pyramid?
Great Sphinx
200
What's the name of the area of Egypt located in the North where the river flows into the sea?
Lower Egypt
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What is the triangular-shaped marshy plain with mini islands where Egypt's river empties into the Mediterranean Sea?
the delta
200
Which ruler of Egypt died mysteriously at age 19 and whose tomb's discovery shocked the world with it's amazing sarcophagus and treasure inside?
Tutankhamen
200
Egypt was history's first what?
nation state
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What's the name of the area of Egypt located farther south?
Upper Egypt
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What's a huge basalt slab recovered in Egypt's river in 1799 carved with Greek and Egyptian languages that served as a translation dictionary to "crack" the code of Egypt's language?
Rosetta Stone
300
Who united both parts of Egypt into one kingdom and wore the red and white Double Crown?
King Menes
300
What is a line of rulers who belong to a single family?
dynasty
300
What is an Egyptian farming tool for irrigation and is a long pole balanced over a forked stick with a water bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other?
shaduf
300
What's ancient Egypt's way of preserving dead bodies so that souls could use them again?
embalming or mummification
400
What is a nation state?
A unified government for people who speak one language and have a common culture.
400
What's an early Egyptian tomb that was a small, rectangular, flat-roofed, stone/mud brick building?
mastaba
400
Who was an architect that discovered the god of Egypt's river and built the first stack/step pyramid?
Imhotep
400
What is the most spectacular and largest pyramid?
Great Pyramid of Giza/Khufu
400
What's the belief in many gods and goddesses?
polytheism/polytheistic
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Who ruled Egypt for 66 years, signed the first peace treaty, had many huge building projects, and might be that famous ruler of Egypt in the Bible?
Ramses II/Ramses the Great
500
Who was the first female ruler of Egypt who ruled peacefully for fifteen years?
Queen Hatshepsut
500
Who changed his name, moved Egypt's capital, and changed the religion?
Akhenaten
500
Where is Egypt located on a map?
North Africa
500
What means covered with a thin layer of gold?
gilded