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Three thousand years of pharaohs, pyramids, and hieroglyphs — Ancient Egypt is the civilization every history course returns to. These cards nail the names, dates, and ideas that anchor the whole topic.

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QWhich river made Egyptian civilization possible?

AThe Nile

QWhat are the Pyramids of Giza?

ARoyal tombs — the largest built for Pharaoh Khufu (~2560 BCE)

QWhat is the Egyptian writing system called?

AHieroglyphics

QWhich stone made it possible to decode hieroglyphics?

AThe Rosetta Stone

QWho was the boy king whose intact tomb was found in 1922?

ATutankhamun

QWhat was the purpose of mummification?

APreserving the body for the afterlife

QWhich female pharaoh ruled Egypt around 1470 BCE?

AHatshepsut

QWhat creature has a lion’s body and a human head at Giza?

AThe Great Sphinx

QWhich queen was the last active ruler of ancient Egypt?

ACleopatra VII

QWhat paper-like material did Egyptians write on?

APapyrus

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