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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Area at mouth of the river | Delta |
| Rocky stretches marked by swift currents and rapids | Cataracts |
| this person founded the city of of Memphis, the capital of the unified Egypt | Menes |
| "Great House" | Pharaoh |
| A State ruled by religious figures | Theocracy |
| A higher structured organization managed by officials | Bureaucracy |
| One of the few women to rule Egypt | Hatshepsut |
| Pharaoh who led an army against the Hittites | Ramses the Great |
| Tall thin pillars with pyramid shaped tops | obelisks |
| Marking of mummies | Mummification |
| Main Egypt writing | Hieroglyphics |
| A ready plant that grew along the Nile river | Papyrus |
| Granite slab found near the Rosetta | Rosetta Stone |
| refine iron from its ore | smelt |
| The ruler who lead the kushites north into Egypt | Piankhi |