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Name for Egypt that means "Black Lands"
Kemet
Wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs
Cataracts
Largest desert in the world
Sahara
Longest river in the world
Nile
The land around the Nile River delta
Lower Egypt
3 crops grown in Egypt
flax, wheat, barley
Where did many Egyptians spend time with family playing games, talking, and sleeping
Rooftops of homes
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Narmer also known as Menes
Capital city of Egypt during the Old Kingdom
Memphis
Who built the Great Pyramid at Giza
Khufu
The collection of spells and prayers studied to help obtain the afterlife
The Book of the Dead
Egyptians traded for
a. iron weapons and tools
b. ivory and gold
c. incense
d. all of the above
D all of the above
The goddess who represented a loyal wife and mother
Isis
The goddess of the Nile River
Hapi
What were the natural barriers that protected Egypt in the south?
Cataracts
What were 2 of the results of the Nile River's flooding?
Fertile Soil
Development of surveying the land
Which goddess ruled the underworld with her husband Osiris?
Isis
Area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river
Delta
Papyrus
A system of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians
Hieroglyphics
Line of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
All-powerful king of Egypt
Pharaoh
God or goddess
Deity
The process developed by ancient Egyptians of preserving a person's body after death
Embalming
Why was the Nile River's flooding described as gentle and dependable?
It was not as destructive as the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers