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Who am I?
The Nile
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Culture
100
a flat or level area of land
What is a plain
100
the King of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is Menes
100
a piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of the river
What is a delta
100
a period of serious shortage of food
What is a famine
100
a preserved body
What is a mummy
200
deep, narrow valleys with steep sides
What is a canyon
200
ancient Egypt's only woman pharaoh
What is Hatshepsut
200
a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces waterfalls
What is a cataract
200
next in importance to the Egyptian king
What is a vizier
200
tombs built for the pharaohs
What is a pyramid
300
the low land between hills or mountains
What is a valley
300
built the Great Pyramid as his tomb
What is Kufu
300
an irrigation device; a long pole with a bucket tied on one end
What is a shadoof
300
a tall pointed pillar built to honor the Egyptian sun god
What is an obelisk
300
the color of clothing that most ancient Egyptians wore
What is white
400
the fractional part of the earth's surface that is mountainous
What is one-fifth
400
the first pharaoh
What is Akhenaton
400
was really southern Egypt, but was called this because it was "upstream," away from the mouth of the Nile
What is Upper Egypt
400
a secretary to a ruler
What is a scribe
400
a box to hold paints
What is a palette
500
a highland plain
What is a plateau
500
the pharaoh whose tomb is more famous than he is
What is Tutankhamen
500
this area of Egypt was the delta area, and was also known as "Red Land."
What is Lower Egypt
500
ruler of Egypt and means "great house"
What is pharaoh
500
Egyptian system of picture writing
What is hieroglyphics