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A plain at the mouth of a river, shaped like an upside- down triangle. A 100

What is a delta? A 100

Fine soil found on river bottoms which made a rich, fertile land for the Egyptians. A 200

What is silt? A 200

The Nubian part of the Nile had six of these, which made travel over water difficult. Therefore, they developed and controlled trade routes over land. A 300

What are cataracts? A 300

The three most important ‘gifts’ the Nile gave to the people living near it. A 400

What are trade routes, transportation, and fertile soil? A 400

“Lower Egypt” is actually NORTH of “Upper Egypt” for this reason… A 500

What is… because the Nile flows North, from highest to lowest elevation. A 500

This pharaoh was said to have united Upper and Lower Egypt. B 100

Who is Menes? B 100

This woman had herself proclaimed pharaoh and would not give up the throne once her stepson became old enough. B 200

Who is Hatshepsut? B 200

This was the last pharaoh of Egypt. B 300

Who was Cleopatra? B 300

Because Thutmosis III wanted to become more famous than Hatshepsut, he did the following. B 400

What is: destroyed her statues, removed her name from walls, showed great mercy in battle, conquered many lands? B 400

Hatshepsut did this to advertise herself as a strong, powerful leader. B 500

What is represented herself as a man, wore a beard? B 500

Egyptians mummified their pharaohs to prepare them for this. C 100

What is the afterlife? C 100

The god of all kings. He was also the son of Isis and Osiris. C 200

Who is Horus? C 200

Egyptian gods were thought to control this, which helped the Egyotians explain the workings of their surroundings. C 300

What are the workings of nature? C 300

DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

This was the story of what the sun god did each day (Amun- Re). C 400

Amun-Re was born each day with the sunrise and died each evening with the sunset. He passed for 12 hours in the Underworld. C 400

Why were all pyramids built on the west bank of the Nile River? C 500

The Egyptians thought the west was the land of the dead. C 500

The following jobs describe the role of this social group: deciding court cases, collecting taxes, leading the army. D 100

What are government officials? D 100

Peasants could rise up in social class by working for this person. D 200

Who is the pharaoh? D 200

We study these two things to learn about ancient Egyptian daily life. D 300

What are hieroglyphics and tomb and temple paintings? D 300

Egyptian women were looked at as mostly __________ men. D 400

What is ‘equal to’ or ‘as important as’? D 400

Put the following social classes in order from highest to lowest: Artisan, government official, peasant, priest, scribe D 500

What are officials, priests, scribes, artisans, peasants? D 500

Egyptians used reeds to make the first version of this. E 100

What is paper? E 100

The name of the Egyptians’ writing system. E 200

What is hieroglyphics? E 200

Egyptian astronomers developed the first ________, which we still use today. E 300

What is calendar? E 300

Due to their extensive surgeries, Egyptian doctors knew a lot about this. E 400

What is the body and anatomy? E 400

Astronomers study this. E 500

What are the stars and other objects in the sky? E 500

The Old Kingdom is classified by this type of relationship with Nubia. F 100

What is a peaceful trading relationship? F 100

Most of the pyramids were built during this kingdom. F 200

What is the Old Kingdom? F 200

This group of people conquered Egypt after the weak New Kingdom fell apart. F 300

Who are the Macedonians (under Alexander the Great)? F 300

During the Middle Kingdom, pharaohs spent Egypt’s wealth on this. F 400

What are building projects? F 400

During this Kingdom, Egypt’s army was at its largest and most powerful. F 500

What is the New Kingdom? F 500

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This god was in charge of weighing the hearts of the dead to determine their ability to pass on and enjoy the afterlife. Click on screen to continue

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