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Egypt is found on what continent?

Africa

100

What was the name of the flooding and planting season?

Akhet

100

Name the 3 kingdoms of ancient Egypt.

The Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom

100

What land form was considered the goddess Isis' domain?

The Nile River

100

The ancient writing system developed in Egypt.

hieroglyphics 

200

The ancient Egyptian civilization was built in the river valley along what river?

The Nile River

200
What happened in ancient Egypt during the Shemu season?

harvesting

200
These guys ruled ancient Egypt.

Kings, also called pharaohs

200

In Epping Middle High School, where is Mrs. Dwyer's domain?

Room 221, the 6th grade Social Studies classroom

200

What was the weighing process a person needed to pass in order to go to the Afterlife?

Your heart had to be lighter than a feather.

300

In what direction does the Nile River flow?

North

300

The middle season of the Egyptian calendar.

Peret

300
One of the most famous Egyptian kings was this kid who may or may not have been murdered.


Also, who might have killed him?

King Tut

Ay and/or Horemheb

300

What was Osiris' domain?

the Afterlife or Underworld

300

What is the name of the oval shaped carvings in which people's names were written in hieroglyphics and were found in tombs and temples?

cartouche

400

50 years ago, this structure was built to stop flooding in the Nile River.

Aswan High Dam

400

The stem of the papyrus plant, which grew along the Nile River, was used to make what?

Paper

400

Early pharaohs and other wealthy people were mummified and put in these ___________________ and were buried in one of these large structures ____________.

sarcophagus and pyramid

400
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt named a few different cities the capital during their reign. This would be their "domain". Name one of the capital cities in ancient Egypt.

Thebes, Memphis, Giza, Dashur

400

What is the name of the jars that held the lungs, the stomach, the intestines and the liver next to a sarcophagus or coffin?

Canopic Jars

500

A triangular area where a major river divides into many smaller parts to flow into a larger body of water.

For example: 

where the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea

delta

500

This mineral salt, used in the mummification process, was found in dry lake and river beds in Egypt.

natron

500

Who were the first and last pharaohs of ancient Egypt?

Menes (also known as Narmer) was first. Cleopatra was the last.

500
What Mesopotamian city was King Hammurabi's domain?

Babylon

500

How many different crowns were worn by the pharaohs in ancient Egypt?

There were 3 crowns, the red, the white and the double crown.