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100
What river is located in Egypt?
Nile
100
Who was at the top of the social pyramid of Egypt?
the pharaoh
100
The belief in more than one god is called...
polytheism
100
Who became pharaoh at the age of 9 and died around at the age of 18?
Tut
100
These people had the gift of reading and writing?
scribes
200
The desert area away from the river was called....
The Red Land
200
Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid of Egypt?
slaves
200
Who was the god of the underworld? He was killed by his brother.
Osiris
200
This pharaoh gained by power by having wars with neighboring groups?
Ramses II
200
Who performed the Weighing of the Heart Ceremony?
Anubis
300
The area near the river was called this due to the color of the soil.
The Black Land
300
What style of writing did the Egyptians use?
hieroglyphics
300
What organ did they not remove during mummification?
the heart
300
Who was the first female pharaoh?
Hatshepsut
300
Symbols that represent and entire idea are called...
ideograms
400
Area near the Mediterranean Sea where the river branches off into several smaller rivers.
delta
400
How many seasons did the Egyptian calendar have? It is based on the patterns of the river.
3
400
Who was the god of chaos and destruction
Set
400
Who was King Tut's military commander?
Horemheb
400
How long did the mummification process take?
70 days
500
This is another name for a waterfall found along the river.
cataract
500
Who was typically mummified?
the wealthy
500
Which pharaoh changed Egypt's religion to monotheistic while he was in charge?
Akhenaton
500
Which famous archeologist found King Tut's tomb?
Howard Carter
500
What group did Akhenaton anger when he changed Egypt's religion?
the priests