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Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What desert stretches Egypt the river in ancient times roared through six groups of rocky rapids ? | Cataracts |
| What is an area of sediment-soil or minerals carried by water-deposited the mouth of a river ? | delta |
| What were supplied by the merchants and skilled workers who practiced a handicraft ? | Artisans |
| What legends say that Narmer united kingdoms in about 3000 b.c. this made him the first king of united egypt ? | Paraoh |
| What is a ruling family ? | dynasty |
| What paraoh relied on a system of offices and officials that handle the business and government ? | Bureaucracy |
| What is a body preserved by a special process ? | Mummy |
| What is a drawing or symbol that represents a word or a sound ? | Hieroglyphic |
| What material is called and was made from the papyrus that grew along the nile ? | Papyrus |
| What architects made the sides smoother to create a true structure with triangular sides ? | Pyramid |
| What is a statue or other free-standing piece of art made of clay stones or other materials ? | Sculpture |
| What is the study of the structure of the body and and its organs? | Anatomy |
| What is the buying and selling of goods and services ? | Commerce |
| What's the most valuable goods that Egyptians bought in Numbia were gold and elephant tusks which were a source of a hard white material made from these tusks ? | Ivory |
| What trade created dependence by each country or group on the other ? | Interdependence |
| What Nubians created the one of the world's first alphabets ? | Meroitic Script |
| What in return the nubians bought a black wood from West Africa and elephant tusks valued as a source of ivory from East and Central Africa ? | ebony |