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Toughies
100
The monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stands near pyramids
What is a Shpinx
100
hieroglyphics
What is the ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects?
100
The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing
What is the Rosetta Stone?
100
The secretary to the ruler in a court
Who is a scribe?
100
the pharoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt
Who was Tutankhamen?
200
papyrus
What is the world's first paperlike material?
200
obleisk
What is a tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra
200
The irrigation device used by the Egyptians
What is the shadoof?
200
A large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu
What is the Great Pyramid?
200
The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharohs have been found.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
300
famine
What is a time of serious shortage of food?
300
cataracts
What is a rock bed piled high on a river creating small waterfalls?
300
The "Gift of the Nile"
What is another name for Egypt?
300
The first pharoh
Who is Akhenaton?
300
They had no iron to make strong weapons
Why did Egypt decline in power?
400
Pharoh
What is the title given to an Egyptian king?
400
vizier
What is second in command to the Egyptian king?
400
The desert that covers most of Egypt
What is the Sahara desert?
400
the only woman pharoh in ancient Egypt
Who was Hatshepsut?
400
highest mountains in Africa
What is Kilimanjaro?
500
mummy
What is a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life?
500
delta
What is a buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river?
500
The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who was Menes?
500
the Bible character who became a vizier
Who was Joseph?
500
low land between hills or mountains
What is a valley?