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100
This person can be found at the top of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who is the pharaoh?
100
This item is what ancient Egyptians used to write upon.
What is papyrus?
100
The longest river in the world
What is The Nile?
100

The first king who unified Upper and Lower Egypt

Who is Menes?

100

This object helped scholars decode hieroglyphics. 

What is the Rosetta Stone? 

200
Ancient Egyptian religion is this type.
What is polytheistic or polytheism?
200
Ancient Egyptians used this to communicate on papyrus.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
This large body of water is to the north of Egypt
and provided protection from that direction.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
The pharaoh required all other people
to see the ruler as one of these.
What is a god?
200
A line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
300

Name one group of people at the bottom of Egypt's social pyramid. 

Unskilled workers, farmers, slaves

300

The salt-like chemical is used to preserve mummified bodies. 

What is natron?

300
This is a geographic formation where the Nile River
meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta (or river delta)?
300
One of the two types of governments
that made up the blended ancient Egyptian government.
What is monarchy or theocracy?
300
These are wild, dangerous rapids located in the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
400
Farmers used this annual occurrence to help them grow their produce.
What is the annual flooding of the Nile River?
400
Ancient Egyptians were very good with medicine and science.
This means of preserving their dead is one example of
their skills.
What is mummification or embalming.
400
This extreme geographic land form is to the west of Egypt.
What is the Western Desert? * Sahara Desert is also correct, but you need to know Western Desert and Eastern Desert.
400
This woman was the last ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Cleopatra?
400
There are many of these massive
constructions throughout Egypt.
What are pyramids?
500
In addition to the annual flooding of the Nile River,
ancient and modern Egyptian farmers still use this
technology in their farming.
What is irrigation?
500

This is one of the mathematical innovations

of the ancient Egyptians still in use today.

What is the 365 day calendar

... or... the base 10 number system?


(Either answer works, you should know both!)


Our textbook also mentions geometry.

500
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
500
Modern Egyptian form of government.
What is a democracy?
500

This geographic land form is to the

east of the Red Sea and is still part of Egypt.

What is the Sinai Peninsula?