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Down by the River 100 The longest running river in the world is located in this continent. Answer

Down by the River 100 Answer What is Africa? Home

Down by the River 200 This is the direction you would be heading if you were flowing upstream. Answer

Down by the River 200 Answer What is south? Home

Down by the River 300 Six of these rock filled rapids make it impossible to travel through the Nile. Answer

Down by the River 300 Answer What are cataracts? Home

Down by the River 400 The Nile finds is source from these two smaller rivers. Answer

Down by the River 400 Answer What are the Blue and White Nile? Home

Down by the River 500 The Blue Nile finds its source from this area. Answer

Down by the River 500 Answer What are the Ethiopian Highlands? Home

Down by the River 600 The White and Blue Nile meet at this city. Answer

Down by the River 600 Answer What is Khartoum? Home

Down by the River 700 These streams form a triangle at the end of the Nile before it empties into a larger body of water. Answer

Down by the River 700 Answer What is a delta? Home

Down by the River 800 This is another name for rich, fertile soil. Answer

Down by the River 800 Answer What is silt? Home

Who’s the Boss? 100 This was the name given to an Egyptian ruler. Answer

Boss Answer 100 What is a pharaoh? Home

Who’s the Boss? 200 This was a triangle shaped building which housed the body of a pharaoh. Answer

Boss Answer 200 What is a pyramid? Home

Who’s the Boss? 300 This name was given to a family of rulers. Answer

Boss Answer 300 What is a dynasty? Home

Who’s the Boss? 400 There were 31 of these during the Egyptian time period. Answer

Boss Answer 400 What is a dynasty? Home

Who’s the Boss? 500 This person was appointed to rule until a young child, who has been name ruler, is old enough to assume responsibility. Answer

Boss Answer 500 What is a regent? Home

Who’s the Boss? 600 This young pharaoh destroyed all of his stepmother’s statues after her death. Answer

Boss Answer 600 Who is Thutmose III? Home

Who’s the Boss? 700 This female pharaoh ruled for about 22 years, and during that time, created great peace and economic success for Egypt. Answer

Boss Answer 700 Who is Hatshepsut? Home

Who’s the Boss? 800 These three social classes all fell below pharaoh. Answer

Boss Answer 800 What is upper, middle and lower class? Home

Oh, holy one 100 This is the name used to describe the Egyptians’ belief in many gods. Answer

Oh, holy one Answer 100 What is polytheism? Home

Oh, holy one 200 The Egyptians thought that they would go to this “heavenly” place after their death. Answer

Oh, holy one 200 Answer What is the afterlife? Home

Oh, holy one 300 This is a process, done after death, of drying a pharaoh’s body and wrapping it. Answer

Oh, holy one 300 Answer What is mummification? Home

Oh, holy one 400 This fabric was used to wrap a mummy’s body. Answer

Oh, holy one 400 Answer What is linen? Home

For this reason, the Egyptians would not go to the west bank after nightfall. Answer Oh, Holy One 500

Oh, Holy One 500Answer What is Amon-Re’s death in the west? Home

Oh, holy one 600 This Egyptian god oversees the mummification process. Answer

Oh, holy one 600Answer Who is Anubis? Home

Oh, holy one 700 A well wrapped mummy had this many layers of linen. Answer

Oh, holy one 700 Answer What is twenty layers? Home

Oh, holy one 800 This sun god is neither human nor animal. Answer

Oh, holy one 800 Answer Who is Aten? Home

A,b,c,d,e…100 This type of writing, consisting of picture-like symbols, was used during the Egyptian time period. Answer

A,b,c,d,e… 100 Answer What are hieroglyphics? Home

A,b,c,d,e…200 Egyptians used reedlike plants to make this type of paper. Answer

A,b,c,d,e… 200 Answer What is papyrus? Home

A,b,c,d,e…300 This famous artifact was used to decipher Egyptian writing. Answer

A,b,c,d,e…300 Answer What is the Rosetta Stone? Home

A,b,c,d,e…400 This man became famous after deciphering the language on the Rosetta Stone. Answer

A,b,c,d,e… 400 Answer Who is Jean Francois Champollion? Home

A,b,c,d,e…500 The Rosetta stone was discovered in this country. Answer

A,b,c,d,e…500 Answer What is Egypt? Home

A,b,c,d,e…600 The Rosetta stone contained these three languages. Answer

A,b,c,d,e… 600 Answer What are Egyptian hieroglyphs, simplified hieroglyphs, and Greek? Home

A,b,c,d,e…700 The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 but not translated until this year. Answer

A,b,c,d,e… 700 Answer When is 1822? Home

A,b,c,d,e…800 This name is given to a circular shape, containing hieroglyphs, enclosing a person’s name. Answer

A,b,c,d,e… 800 Answer What is a cartouche? Home

The hard facts…100 This great Greek historian once stated, “Egypt is the Gift of the Nile.” Answer

The hard facts…100 Answer Who is Herodotus? Home

The hard facts…200 This is the length of the Nile in miles and kilometers. Answer

The hard facts… 200 Answer How many is 4,000 miles or 6,400 kilometers? Home

The hard facts…300 Alexander the Great conquered Egypt during this kingdom in 332BC. Answer

The hard facts… 300 Answer What is the New Kingdom? Home

The hard facts…400 This famous female ruler (69BC-30BC) was one of the greatest of all times. She ruled Egypt and had great influence in Rome. She was known for her intelligence, leadership and beauty. Answer

The hard facts… 400 Answer Who is Cleopatra? Home

The hard facts…500 Akhenaton, who became pharaoh in 1353BC, was one of the first pharaohs to do this. Answer

The hard facts… 500 Answer What is believing in one god? Home

The hard facts…600 The people of this kingdom were known for their delicate pottery and other items made by artisans. Answer

The hard facts… 600 Answer Who are the people of Kerma? Home

The hard facts…700 Iron ore allowed these people to make and trade great weapons and tools. Answer

The hard facts… 700 Answer Who are the people of Meroe? Home

The hard facts…800 The people of this Nubian civilization brought back old Egyptian ways and even began to bury people in pyramids. Answer

The hard facts… 800 Answer Who are the Napatans? Home

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