Rulers
The title given to an Egyptian King
What is a pharaoh?
the monument that has the head of a human and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stands near the pyramids
What is a Sphinx?
world's first paperlike material
What is papyrus?
a flat or level area of land
What is a plain?
a time of serious shortage of food
What is famine?
The First Pharaoh
Who was Akhenton?
Tall, pointed pillars representing the sun god
What is obelisk?
a large stone structure that was built as a tomb for King Khufu.
What was The Great Pyramid?
a highland plain
What is a plateau?
second in command to the king
What is a vizier?
The only woman pharaoh
Who is Hatsheput?
body wrapped in cloth and preserved for eternal life
What is a mummy?
Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects
What is hieroglyphics?
low land between hills and mountains
What is a valley?
desert that covers most of Egypt
What is the Sahara?
his tomb revealed much about Ancient Egypt?
Who is Tutankhamen?
a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls
What is cataracts?
unlocked ancient Egyptian writing
what is the Rosetta stone?
a landform that rises higher than a hill
What is a mountain?
The king who united the Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
second in command to the king also a biblical character who became a vizier
What is Joseph?
irrigation device used by the Egyptians
What is a shadoof?
a buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of the river
What is a delta?
The "Gift of the Nile"
What is Egypt?
secretary to the ruler in a court
What is a scribe?