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100
Natural barriers in the Nile that help keep intruders out of Egypt.
What are cataracts?
100
The pharaoh who founded Egypt's first dynasty.
Who is Menes?
100
This was the title used by the rulers of Egypt, who were at the top of the Social Structure,
What is Pharaoh?
100
The writing system of Ancient Egypt, which used pictures and symbols as words.
What is Hieroglyphics?
100
Massive structures used as tombs for burying Pharaohs.
What are Pyramids?
200
The Nile River flows this direction?
What is North
200
He became pharaoh at 11 years old, and ruled for 8 years before being murdered.
Who is King Tutankhamen?
200
The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom, who has the largest pyramid at Giza.
Who is Khufu?
200
A stone slab that has three different languages on it which led to the translating of Hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
They were very concerned with their families, but were also able to have jobs such as priestesses.
Who are women?
300
Landforms that protect Egypt on all four sides from invaders.
What are natural barriers?
300
After her husband died, she posed as a man to rule Egypt.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
300
A period of order and stability in Egypt from 2050-1750 B.C.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
300
This massive structure has the head of a Pharaoh, but the body of a lion and protects the pyramids behind it.
What is the Sphinx?
300
The part of the body that is recognized in the afterlife.
What is the Ka or Spirit?
400
The fertile, triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by the Nile River.
What is the Nile Delta?
400
The longest ruling Pharaoh, had temples built during his reign in Karnak, Luxor, and Abu Simbel.
Who is Ramses II, or Ramses the Great?
400
Conquest and trade brought temendous wealth to Egypt during this time.
What is the New Kingdom?
400
Reed plant that is woven together to be used as paper.
What is Papyrus?
400
The God of the Dead; has the head of a jackal but the body of a human.
Who is Anubis?
500
The capital city of Lower Egypt, which is located just south of the Nile Delta.
What is Memphis?
500
Kush's most successful military leader who extended his kingdom from Napata to the Nile Delta.
Who is Piankhi?
500
A system of people who traveled long distances to trade goods.
What are trade networks?
500
A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top.
What is an Obelisk?
500
These were specially treated bodies wrapped in layers of cloth.
What are mummies?