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100
Second in command to the Egyptian king
What is the vizier?
100
A buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
100
The world's first paper-like material
What is papyrus?
100
A body wrapped and preserved for eternal life
What is a mummy?
100
Monument with the head of a man and the body, legs and paws of a lion
What is the Sphinx
200
The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
200
A rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls
What are cataracts?
200
Ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects
What are hieroglyphics?
200
The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found
What is Valley of the Kings?
200
The world's longest river
What is the Nile?
300
The secretary to the ruler in a court
What is a scribe?
300
The world's largest desert, which covers most of Egypt
What is the Sahara?
300
Irrigation device that used a bucket on a long pole
What is the shadoof?
300
A tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra
What is an obelisk?
300
The "Gift of the Nile"
What is Egypt?
400
The first pharaoh
Who is Akhenaton?
400
A highland plain
What is a plateau?
400
A lack of this is one reason Egypt declined in power
What is iron (to make strong weapons)?
400
Large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu
What is the Great Pyramid?
400
The world's second largest continent
What is Africa?
500
The only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
A flat or level area of land
What is a plain?
500
This was the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
The pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt
Who is Tutankhamen?
500
Highest mountain in Africa
What is Kilimanjaro?