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  • a government official appointed by the pharaoh
    bureaucrat
  • Name one of Tut's Advisors
    Aye or Horemheb
  • What is labeled B
    Mediterranean Sea
  • statue or free standing art made of clay or stone
    sculpture
  • One of the world's first alphabets
    Meroitic Script
  • What was the name of the vast sea of sand in Egypt
    The Sahara
  • The pyramids of Giza are considered the last standing ____________
    Wonder of the Ancient World
  • What is labeled A
    Red Sea
  • to produce or create
    generate
  • largest river in Egypt, largest river in the world
    The Nile River
  • the study of the structure of the body and its organs
    anatomy
  • In what continent is Egypt?
    Africa
  • Name one of the theories of King Tut's death
    chariot crash, malaria, bone disease, murder
  • a ruling family
    dynasty
  • a structure with triangle sides used as tombs for pharaohs
    pyramids
  • a group of rocky rapids
    cataracts
  • the buying and selling of goods
    commerce
  • The marshy mouth of a river
    Delta
  • What is labeled E
    Western Desert
  • dependence by each country or group on the other
    interdependence
  • Egypt is considered part of what region of the world?
    The Middle East
  • The soil in the Nile River Valley can be called...
    dry
    rocky
    barren
    fertile
  • a reed plant that grows along the Nile which is used to make baskets, river rafts, and paper
    papyrus
  • The Egyptian gods were
    Part human part animal
    All human
    Beings without bodies
    Different animals
  • The process in which Egyptians preserved a dead body
    mummy
  • a combination of pictures and sound symbols to represent words.
    hieroglyphics
  • What is labeled D
    Upper Egypt
  • an Egyptian ruler
    pharaoh
  • One impact of a drought
    the soil becomes fertile
    food surplus
    too much water
    crops fail
  • What is labeled C
    Lower Egypt
  • How old was King Tut when he died?
    18
  • an area of deposited sediment
    delta
  • To depend or Trust
    Rely
  • What does Kemet mean?
    Black land (fertile land)
  • These people of Egypt were the only ones who could read and write
    scribes
  • a body preserved by a special process
    mummy
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