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100
A river that runs through Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
100
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
Grand tombs that were the final resting place of the pharaohs during the old kingdom.
What are pyramids?
100
The largest social class in ancient Egypt.
What are unskilled workers (peasants, laborers) ?
100
The pharaoh given credit for uniting the two kingdoms of Egypt.
Who is King Narmer (Menes)?
200
Land forms that surrounded Egypt that acted as natural walls.
What are natural barriers?
200
A place Egyptians hoped to reach after death.
What is the afterlife?
200
A mythical beast that protected the pyramids at Giza.
What is the sphinx?
200
Ruled with absolute power and thought to be a god on earth.
What is the pharaoh?
200
A writing system developed by the ancient Egyptians that used pictures to represent letters or ideas.
What are hieroglyphics?
300
A natural barrier that was located in the southern part of the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
300
To preserve a pharaohs body so they can reach the after life
What is mummification?
300
Stone pillars that were placed in pairs at the entrance to Egyptian temples.
What are obelisks?
300
When power is passed down from father to son to grandson, etc...
What is a dynasty?
300
Reed plant of the Nile valley, used to make a form of paper
What is papyrus?
400
A natural barrier that protected Egypt in the North.
What is the Nile delta?
400
Jars that held the organs of the pharaohs for the afterlife.
What are canopic jars?
400
This was the first room constructed in the process of building a pyramid.
What is a tomb (burial chamber)?
400
The social group directly under the Pharaohs in Egyptian social hierarchy. They often worked as government officials.
What are nobles?
400
The key to cracking the code in translating Egyptian hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
One of the two original kingdoms of Egypt. It is located in the southern region of Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
500
This was the only organ not removed during the embalming process.
What is the heart?
500
A soft stone that was used to build the pyramids.
What is limestone?
500
An educated group of people who were in charge of writing things down in ancient Egypt.
What are scribes?
500
Pharaoh credited with building the first "true" pyramid in Egypt.
Who is Sneferu?