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Who will rule the Nile???Who will rule the Nile???

Who will reign??Down by the River Who’s the Boss? Oh, Holy one

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Down by the River 100

The longest running river in the world is located in this continent.

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Down by the River 100 Answer

• 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 itimpossible to travel through the Nile.

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• What are cataracts?

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The Nile finds is source from thesetwo 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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Who’s the Boss? 100

This was the name given to an Egyptian ruler.

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Boss Answer 100

• 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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Boss Answer 200

• What is a pyramid?

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This name was given to a family of rulers.

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Boss Answer 300

• What is a dynasty?

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There were 31 of these during the Egyptian time period.

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Boss Answer 400

• 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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Boss Answer 500

• 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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Boss Answer 600

• 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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Boss Answer 700

• Who is Hatshepsut?

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These three social classes all fell below pharaoh.

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Boss Answer 800

• What is upper, middle and lower class?

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Oh, holy one 100

This is the name used to describe the Egyptians’ belief in many gods.

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Oh, holy one Answer 100

• What is polytheism?

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Oh, holy one 200

The Egyptians thought that they would go to this “heavenly” place after their death.

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Oh, holy one 200 Answer

• What is the afterlife?

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Oh, holy one 300

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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Oh, holy one 400

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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Oh, Holy One 500

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• What is Amon-Re’s death in the west?

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Oh, holy one 600

This Egyptian god oversees the mummification process.

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• Who is Anubis?

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Oh, holy one 700

A well wrapped mummy had this many layers of linen.

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• What is twenty layers?

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Oh, holy one 800

This sun god is neither human nor animal.

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• Who is Aten?

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A,b,c,d,e…100

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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A,b,c,d,e…200

Egyptians used reedlike plants to make this type of paper.

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• What is papyrus?

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A,b,c,d,e…300

This famous artifact was used to decipher Egyptian writing.

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• What is the Rosetta Stone?

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A,b,c,d,e…400

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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A,b,c,d,e…500

The Rosetta stone was discovered in this country.

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• What is Egypt?

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A,b,c,d,e…600

The Rosetta stone contained these three languages.

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• What are Egyptian hieroglyphs, simplified hieroglyphs, and Greek?

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A,b,c,d,e…700

The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 but not translated until this year.

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• When is 1822?

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A,b,c,d,e…800

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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The hard facts…100

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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The hard facts… 200 Answer

• 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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• Who are the Napatans?

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