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Potpourri
100
Rock filled rapids
what are cataracts
100
Played an important part in Egyptian life by explaining natural events to the people
What is religion
100
A worker skilled in crafting goods by hand
What is an artisan
100
In 31 B.C. Egypt became a part of this empire
What is the Roman Empire
100
United Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes
200
An ancient region in the Nile River valley
What is Nubia
200
Egyptians showed their belief in this by preserving the bodies of their dead
What is the afterlife
200
Pictures or written symbols that stand for ideas or sounds
What are hieroglyphs
200
During this kingdom pharaohs spent money on public works, such as constructing buildings and irrigation projects
What is the Middle Kingdom
200
The class of people most ancient Egyptians belonged to
What is the peasant class
300
A plain at the mouth of a river
What is a delta
300
A dead body preserved in life-like condition
What is a mummy
300
Mineral, mined for production of metals
What is ore
300
Studied the stars to predict the flooding of the Nile River
What are Egyptian astronomers
300
The river that runs south to north
What is the Nile River
400
The fine soil found on river bottoms
What is silt
400
Another name for the west bank of the Nile
What is the "land of the dead"
400
Huge buildings with four slopping triangle-shaped sides
What is a pyramid
400
The key to help crack the code of heiroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone
400
At birth the planning for a pharaoh's this began
What is his/her tomb
500
The title used by the kings of Egypt
What is pharaoh
500
The largest pyramid in Egypt found in the ancient city of Giza
What is The Great Pyramid
500
An early form of paper made from a reed in the marshy areas of the Nile delta
What is papyrus
500
The stepmother of Thutmose III and named herself pharaoh after ruling in his place for many years
Who is Hatshepsut