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Geography of the Nile
Pharaohs and Kingdoms
Egyptian Religion
Daily Life and Achievements
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The river that the Ancient Egyptians depended on
What is the Nile?
100
someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
What is a regent?
100
life after death- central to Egyptian religious beliefs
What is the afterlife?
100
picture like symbols that made up Egypt's writing system
What is hieroglyphics?
100
The Egyptian calendar had this many days in it
What is 365?
200
rock filled rapids
What are cataracts?
200
Pharaohs were believed to be the human form of this god
What is Horus, the falcon god?
200
The sun god in Ancient Egypt
Who is Amon-Re or Ra?
200
The bottom of the social pyramid in ancient Egypt besides the slaves- worked on roads and pyramids in the off season
What are the peasants?
200
Found in 1799 and unlocked the secrets of Egypt's hieroglyphics with its Greek translations
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
A plain at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
300
a series of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
300
The pyramids were built for this purpose
What is to be tombs for the pharaohs?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
women were believed to be living forms of this goddess
300
The sphinx honors this pharaoh
Who is Khafre?
400
The Nile river flows in this direction
What is North?
400
Most of the pyramids were built during this time period
What is the Old Kingdom?
400
The reason Egyptians mummified their dead
What is to preserve the body for the afterlife?
400
an early form of paper made from a reed found in the marshy areas of the Nile Delta
What is papyrus?
400
The Pharaoh queen who ruled as regent for her stepson Thutmose III. Accomplished a lot but died mysteriously...
Who is Hatshepsut?
500
This offered ancient Egytpian's protection from invasion
What is the desert?
500
During this time period art and literature flourished
What is the Middle Kingdom?
500
The god of the living and the dead
Who is Osiris?
500
These people made up the upper class of ancient Egypt
Who are nobles, priests, members of the pharaoh's court
500
The Great Pyramid was built in this city
What is Giza?