Geography of the Nile
This terms means rich, fertile soil.
What is silt?
This is the term for an ancient Egyptian king.
What is a pharaoh?
This is a huge building with four sloping walls.
What is a pyramid?
This is the name of an early form of paper used by ancient Egyptians.
What is papyrus?
This is the name for a skilled worker in ancient Egypt.
What is an artisan?
This is the term fro a rock filled rapid of the Nile River.
What is a cataract?
This is the term for a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
This is a preserved dead body.
What is a mummy?
This is the name of a scientist who studies the stars.
What is an astronomer?
The kingdom of Kerma was known for this
What is their artisans?
These two rivers are the main sources for the Nile River.
What are the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
This was one of few female pharaoh's. She acted first as regent, but then refused to turn power over to her son.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun.
Who is Amon-Re?
Modern people are able to read hieroglyphic writing because of this.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The kingdom of Meroe became known for this.
Who are their ironworkers?
The ancient Egyptians called their land "kemet" or "the black land" because of this.
What is the dark soil left by the Nile's floods?
This was one of the greatest pharaohs of the New Kingdom. He was a great conquerer but was also an educated man who loved to study plants.
Who is Thutmose III?
Planning for a pharaoh's tomb began at this time.
What is when he was crowned?
This is the reason ancient Egyptians knew so much about the human body.
Scholars think the Egyptians called Nubia the land of the bow because of this.
This is the reason Egyptians in the Nile River valley often had crop surpluses.
What is the fertile land?
According to legend, this man united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
This is the reason that the pyramids were so important to the ancient Egyptians.
Because they made sure the pharaoh had a place in the afterlife.
Give the order of Egyptian society from highest to lowest (4 ranks).
Describe how Napatan kings treated ancient Egyptian culture and traditions.
They respected and admired them, bringing back old Egyptian ways and preserving them.