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100

Which large monument has the head of a man and the body. legs, and paws of a lion?

The Great Sphinx 

100

What title was given to Egyptian kings?

Pharaoh

100

What was the world's first paper like material?

papyrus scrolls 

100

What is a delta?

A buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river 

100

What was the Valley of the Kings?

A later burial place for pharaohs and other important people, because pyramids were easily raided.

100

What is a time with a serious shortage of food called?

A famine

200

What is a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra?

An obelisk 

200

Who was second in command to the Egyptian pharaoh?

The vizier

200

Ancient Egyptian writing system

hieroglyphs 

200

What is a rock bed piled high in a river, creating small waterfalls?

A cataract 

200

Which letter is Memphis?

D

200

What do we call a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life?

A mummy

300

What were the pyramids of Giza probably used for?

Tombs

300

Who was a famous vizier?

Joseph from the Bible

300

What was the Rosetta Stone?

It was the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing because it translated hieroglyphs to Greek.

300

Which desert covers most of Egypt?

The Sahara

300

Which letter is Mt. Sinai?

A

300

What is "the Gift of the Nile?"

Egypt itself.

400

Which king united upper and lower Egypt?

Menes

400

What is a shadoof?

It's an irrigation device used by the Egyptians to move Nile water into storing tanks and irrigation canals. 

400

What is the world's second largest continent?

Africa

400

Which letter is the Nile River?

H

400

Why did Egypt decline in power?

They had no iron mines to make stronger weapons.

There was a lot of in-fighting among the pharaohs and their courts.

500

What was the secretary to the ruler in a court called?

A scribe

500

What is a square and plumb line? 

a tool for making sure a building was straight and level

500

What is the highest mountain in Africa?

Mt. Kilimanjaro

500

Which letter is the Sinai Peninsula?

C

500

What are canopic jars?

Jars in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the internal organs of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummy. 

600

Who ordered the Great Pyramid to be built as his tomb?

King Khufu

600

What is the world's longest river?

The Nile

600

Which letter is Thebes?

F

700

Who was the first pharaoh?

Akhenaton

700

What is a plain?

It is a flat or level area of land without big hills or mountains.

700

Which letter is Upper Egypt?

G

800

Name a famous woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt

Hatshepsut

800

What is a plateau?

It's a plain located on top of a steep cliff - a highland plain.

800

Which letter is Lower Egypt?

E

900

What was King Tutankhamen known for?

He died young, but he was the only pharaoh who we have discovered so far with an undisturbed tomb.

900

What is the world's largest desert?

The Sahara

1000

What is a valley?

Low land between hills or mountains