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Egypt- Kev
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Power | complete control over someone or something |
| Afterlife | life after death |
| Amon-Re | chief God of the ancient Egyptians; sun God |
| Anubis | god of the dead |
| Astronomer | a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky |
| Cataract | rock filled rapids |
| Delta | a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river |
| Dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Giza | Location of the Great Pyramid |
| Hatshepsut | female pharaoh who expanded Egypt through trade |
| Kemet | term meaning "black land" used by ancient Egyptians to describe dark soil |
| King Tut | king at nine years old of the New kingdom, first tomb completely intact |
| Lower Egypt | the "plain region" of the Nile, including the delta |
| Menes | king of Upper Egypt who united Lower Egypt |
| Nubia | an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan |
| Ore | a mineral or combination of minerals mined for the production of metals |
| Papyrus | a tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paper like material for writing on |
| Pharaoh | the title of the ancient Egyptian kings |
| Pyramid | Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom |
| Regent | someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule |
| Silt | fine soil found on river bottoms |
| Thutmose III | Stepson of Hatshepsut; considered a great pharaoh of the New kingdom of Egypt |
| Upper Egypt | a narrow strip of land south of the delta region of Egypt |