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Geography
Kingdoms
Definitions
Culture
Bonus
100
Egypt was located on this live-giving river.
What is the Nile
100
How many kingdoms were there and what were they called?
What is Three. Old, Middle and New.
100
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group
What is dynasty
100
This was considered a separate social class but even they had rights
What are slaves
100
What did later Egyptians write on, more convenient than clay
What is papyrus
200
Trees used for building
What is timber
200
What was the Old Kingdom known for?
What is Its well-run system of government.
200
To have complete control over a people
What is absolute power
200
Unlike in Mesopotamia and even under Judaism, this group of people had more rights, such as the right to own property
What are women
200
What important religious belief did they pyramids signify?
What is afterlife
300
These helped shield Egypt and Nubia from foreign attacks and were something that Mesopotamia did not have
What is deserts
300

The kingdom in which rulers became known as pharohs.

New Kingdom

300

Tall, slender pillars with pointed tops built by the Egyptions - today the Washington Monument is one

What is obelisks

300
This word describes the picturelike symbols that the Egyptians, and Mesopotamians, used in their writing
What is hieroglyphs
300

Ruling queens of Kush from whom royalty lines passed

Who are Kandakes

400
In addition to providing fertile soil, the Nile Valley provided what else to the early Egyptians?
What is a path for trade
400
During which kingdom did Egypt begin to build an empire?
What is New Kingdom
400
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt
What is pharaoh
400
The important discovery of what helped us to understand the meaning of ancient Egypt's hieroglyphic writing?
What is Rosetta Stone
400
What is the name of someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
What is a regent
500
The Nile has the distinction of being what?
What is the world's longest river
500

Kingdom of great prosperity and strength.

What is the Middle Kingdom

500
Where did the pharaohs derive or get their power?
What is Ancient Egyptians believed they were god-kings who provided people with the Nile’s yearly floods and the harvests.
500
What important discovery did Egyptians make in the field of science?
What is the days in a year
500
What did Egypt's fortunes mainly rest upon?
What is the strength of its pharaohs