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Who will rule the Nile???
Who will reign??
Down by the River Who’s the Boss?
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Down by the River
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The longest running river in the world is
located in this continent.
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• What is Africa?
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This is the direction you would be heading if
you were flowing upstream.
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• What is south?
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Six of these rock filled rapids make it
impossible to travel through the Nile.
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• What are cataracts?
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The Nile finds is source from these
two smaller rivers.
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• What are the Blue and White Nile?
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The Blue Nile finds its source from this area.
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• What are the Ethiopian Highlands?
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The White and Blue Nile meet at this city.
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• What is Khartoum?
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These streams form a triangle at the end of the
Nile before it empties into a larger body of
water.
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• What is a delta?
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This is another name for rich, fertile soil.
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• What is silt?
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This was the name given to an Egyptian ruler.
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• What is a pharaoh?
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This was a triangle shaped building which
housed the body of a pharaoh.
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• What is a pyramid?
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This name was given to a family of rulers.
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• What is a dynasty?
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There were 31 of these during the Egyptian
time period.
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• What is a dynasty?
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This person was appointed to rule until a
young child, who has been name ruler, is
old enough to assume responsibility.
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• What is a regent?
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This young pharaoh destroyed all of his
stepmother’s statues after her death.
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• Who is Thutmose III?
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This female pharaoh ruled for about 22 years,
and during that time, created great peace
and economic success for Egypt.
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• Who is Hatshepsut?
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These three social classes all fell below
pharaoh.
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• What is upper, middle and lower class?
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This is the name used to describe the
Egyptians’ belief in many gods.
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• What is polytheism?
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The Egyptians thought that they would go to
this “heavenly” place after their death.
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• What is the afterlife?
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This is a process, done after death, of drying a
pharaoh’s body and wrapping it.
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• What is mummification?
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This fabric was used to wrap a mummy’s
body.
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• What is linen?
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For this reason, the Egyptians would not go to
the west bank after nightfall.
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• What is Amon-Re’s death in the west?
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This Egyptian god oversees the
mummification process.
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• Who is Anubis?
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A well wrapped mummy had this many layers
of linen.
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• What is twenty layers?
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This sun god is neither human nor animal.
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• Who is Aten?
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This type of writing, consisting of picture-like
symbols, was used during the Egyptian time
period.
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• What are hieroglyphics?
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Egyptians used reedlike plants to make this
type of paper.
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• What is papyrus?
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This famous artifact was used to decipher
Egyptian writing.
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• What is the Rosetta Stone?
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This man became famous after deciphering
the language on the Rosetta Stone.
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• Who is Jean Francois Champollion?
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The Rosetta stone was discovered in this
country.
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• What is Egypt?
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The Rosetta stone contained these three
languages.
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• What are Egyptian hieroglyphs, simplified
hieroglyphs, and Greek?
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The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 but
not translated until this year.
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• When is 1822?
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This name is given to a circular shape,
containing hieroglyphs, enclosing a person’s
name.
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• What is a cartouche?
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This great Greek historian once stated, “Egypt
is the Gift of the Nile.”
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• Who is Herodotus?
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This is the length of the Nile in miles and
kilometers.
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• How many is 4,000 miles or 6,400
kilometers?
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Alexander the Great conquered Egypt during
this kingdom in 332BC.
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• What is the New Kingdom?
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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.
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• Who is Cleopatra?
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Akhenaton, who became pharaoh in 1353BC,
was one of the first pharaohs to do this.
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• What is believing in one god?
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The people of this kingdom were known for
their delicate pottery and other items made
by artisans.
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• Who are the people of Kerma?
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Iron ore allowed these people to make and
trade great weapons and tools.
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• Who are the people of Meroe?
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The people of this Nubian civilization brought
back old Egyptian ways and even began to
bury people in pyramids.
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The hard facts… 800 Answer
• Who are the Napatans?
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