Memorize these and recognize 31.5% of all Egypt clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hosni Mubarak | 3 | In 2011 this president who had served Egypt for 30 years stepped down as protesters called for his ouster |
| 2 | the Suez Canal | 2 | In 1956 Egypt nationalized this waterway |
| 3 | the Coptics | 2 | The nation's largest religious minority is this monophysite Christian sect |
| 4 | cotton | 2 | Egypt produces about 30% of the long-staple variety of this fiber |
| 5 | Cairo | 2 | After the Sack of Baghdad in 1258 by the Mongols, a new line of Abbasid caliphs was formed in this Egyptian city |
| 6 | the Nile | 2 | World Book calls this river Egypt's chief natural resource |
| 7 | the Library at Alexandria | 2 | Built in the 3rd century B.C. by Ptolemy I, it contained over 500,000 manuscripts |
| 8 | Anwar Sadat | 2 | In 1979 Egypt became the first Arab country to make peace with Israel as this leader went to Camp David |