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What is an embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips called?
mummy
100

The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.

What is South to North?

100
Because the Egyptians knew when the Nile was going to flood every year and that it made the soil rich they became.......
successful farmers
100
The Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a
deity (god)
100
What was a major result of the Nile flooding?
made the soil fertile
200

The ancient Egyptians lived along this river

What is the Nile?

200
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for what Pharaoh?
Khufu
200
What natural barrier to the West protects Egypt from invasion?
Desert
200

Who was pharaoh in the Old Kingdom?

Who is Khufu?

200

The Nile during Ancient times flooded once a year. What season did this flooding occur?

What is Inundation?

300

The continent where Ancient Egypt was located

What is Africa?

300

People from rich and powerful families are called

What are nobles

300

The Egyptians worshipped many gods. The term for that is

What is polytheistic?

300

A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.

What is Sphinx?

300

Most people in Egyptian society were

What are farmers?

400
What was the tallest building in the world for 4,000 years and is the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders still standing?
The Great Pyramid
400

Another word for life after death

What is the afterlife?

400

What is another name for an Egyptian King?

Pharaoh

400
wild rapids found on the Nile River are known as
cataracts
400
a line of rulers from one family is called a
dynasty
500

The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians

What is rich soil; it provided water for growing food; travel; bathing

500
During the mummification these were placed in special jars and kept next to the mummy.

What are the body's organs?

500

In a theocracy, the form of government in the Old Kingdom, who ruled the government?

What is a pharaoh or religious leader?

500

Name one of the three seasons.

Inundation, Emergence or Drought/Harvest

500

A mummy was kept in a case called a 

What is a sarcophagus?