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What is mummy
A dead body preserved in lifelike condition
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What is regent
Takes the place of a child until they are old enough to rule
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What is Nile River
the name of the worlds longest river is called
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What is true
True or False: Hatshepsut had herself proclaimed as Pharaoh
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What is Nubia
The ancient region in the Nile River Valley situated south of Upper Egypt is called
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What is afterlife
Eternal stage of life
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What is Great Sphinx
Has head of man, body of lion
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What is Kemet, "the black land"
The Egyptians called there land _________ because of the dark soil left by the Nile's floods
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Who is Menes
This person united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
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When they were crowned
At what point did people begin to plan for a pharaoh's tomb
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What is pyramid
Huge triangle-shaped building
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What is dynasty
Series of rulers
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What is cataracts
What caused Nubia to develop trade routes over land
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Who is Osiris
God of the living and dead
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What is trade
Nubia's location between Egypt and Central Africa made it a center for what
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What is Great Pyramid
Built for khufu
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What is New Kingdom
What kingdom was characterized by war and the development of an army?
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What is False
True or False: The "red land" exposed Egypt and Nubia to foreign attacks
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Who is Amon-Re
Chief god of ancient Egyptians; sun god and god of creation
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They preserved the bodies of their dead
How did the ancient Egyptions demonstrate their beleif in life after death?
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What is Pharaoh
Title of a king in ancient Egypt
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What is Old Kingdom
What kingdom was characterized by peace and trade with Nubia
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Who is Herodotus
Who wrote "Egypt is the gift of the Nile"
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What is life, death and workings of nature
What three things did the gods control
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They believe that the people needed their possessions in order to survive in the afterlife
Ancient Egyptions buried their dead with food and other possesions because
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