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100
What is the name of the world's longest river?
The world's longest river is the Nile river.
100
What do you call a body that has been dried to prevent decay?
It would be called a mummy.
100
What was the process called that determined the order of inheriting the throne?
This process is called succession.
100
Who was the first woman pharaoh?
The first woman pharaoh was Hatshepsut.
100
What do call the process used to preserve bodies?
It is called embalming.
200
What device did they use to spread water in ancient Egypt and is still in use today?
That device would be called a shaduf.
200
What word describes the symbols used in Egyptian writing?
They are called hieroglyphs.
200
For whom was the biggest pyramid built to proclaim his greatness?
It was built for the pharaoh Khufu
200
What four-sided shaft with a pyramid top was used to proclaim Hatshepsut's greatness?
This object was called an obelisk.
200
The word pharaoh literally means what?
The word loosely translated means "great house."
300
From what plant did the Egyptians make their clothing?
They made it from the flax plant.
300
The paper-like material used for making scrolls was called?
The material was called papyrus.
300
Because of a shift, who had the most power during the Middle Kingdom?
The power shifted to the local rulers during the Middle Kingdom.
300
Who changed the Egyptian art from a polytheistic to monotheistic belief system?
The pharaoh Akhenaton.
300
What group in Egypt also served as astronomers?
This group would have been priests.
400
An area near the mouth of the Nile is called?
This area is called a delta.
400
Egypt's study of astronomy led them to develop what?
It led to the development of the calendar.
400
What structure built for Djoser, was for a time the biggest one of it kind?
The structure was a step pyramid.
400
To what country south of Egypt did Ramses II expand?
The country Ramses II expanded his empire into was Nubia.
400
In the afterlife, what was your heart weighed against in order to allow you to enter the afterlife.
It was weighed against a feather.
500
Name the two major bodies of water to the North and to the East of Egypt.
They are the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
500
A person whose job was to keep records in ancient Egypt was called?
A person who kept records was called a scribe.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt was invaded from the Northeast by whom?
.They were invaded by Hyksos.
500
With which group did Ramses II negotiate the world's first treaty?
He negotiated a treaty with the Hittites.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What was the capitol of Egypt during the Old Kingdom?
The capitol was Memphis.