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31 Cards in this Set
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
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Africa's highest mountain
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canyons
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deep, narrow valleys with steep sides
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plain
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flat or level area of land
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plateau
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highland plain
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valley
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low land between hills or mountains
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Africa
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second largest continent
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Sahara Desert
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world's largest desert
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Nile River
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world's longest river
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delta
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a piece of land that has built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
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cataract
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a large bed of rocks piled in a river that produces small waterfalls
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Menes
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called himself the "King of Upper and Lower Egypt"
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vizier
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the "Overseer of All Works of the King"
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Queen Hatsheput
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Ancient Egypt's only woman pharaoh
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Great Sphinx
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famous monument that has the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion
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obelisk
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tall, pointed pillar built to honor the Egyptian's sun god
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papyrus
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the world's first paperlike material
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hieroglyphics
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the ancient Egyptian form of writing in which pictures actually stood for the objects pictured
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Rosetta Stone
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the key to unlocking the meaning of the ancient Egyptian language
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Egypt
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country known as "The Gift of the Nile"
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Natural landforms that protected Egypt
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Nile, Sahara, and Red Sea
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famine
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a period of serious shortage of food
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First Egyptian Season
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Flood Season
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Second Egyptian Season
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Planting Season
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Third Egyptian Season
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Harvest Season
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Joseph
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Famous vizier during Bible times
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mummies
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name of dead bodies preserved with chemicals and placed inside large and costly tombs
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Great Pyramid
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most famous and largest of the pyramids still standing today
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cats
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animal that was considered sacred and worshiped by the Egyptians
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King Tut
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ancient pharaoh whose tomb was found in the Valley of the Kings in 1922
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Akhenaten
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first person to take the title of Pharaoh in Egypt
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honey
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ancient Egyptian food sweetener
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