Mighty River/ShelteredLand
Flooding and Use
Ruling Families
Social Classes
Vocabulary
100
It is approximately 4000 miles long
What is the Nile River
100
This part of the year is when the Nile floods
What is from July to October
100
Before Upper and Lower Egypt was united, these people were the rulers.
What is village chiefs
100
Ruler of Egypt
Who is the Pharoh
100
I was in Colorado once and rode down this in a rubber raft. It was a wild time.
What is cataracts
200
Name of the wild rapids in Upper Egypt
What is cataracts
200
Term the Egyptians called the dark, fertile soil the annual flooding left behind.
What is "The Black Land"
200
About 3100B.C., this king and his armies from Upper Egypt took control of Lower Egypt und united the land.
Who is King Narmer
200
Egypt's upperclass wasmade up of the Pharoh and this group of people...
Who are priests and nobles
200
The triangular shaped GreeK letter "D" gives this feature its name. One can be found at the mouth of the Nile River.
What is Delta
300
Land on the west side of the Nile
What is the Saraha Desert (Western Desert)
300
Process in which water is brought from its source to where it is needed in the fields.
What is irrigation
300
A line of rulers from one family is called this...
What is a dynasty
300
Traders, artisans, shopkeepers and scribes are this social class...
What is the Middle Class
300
I grow on the banks of the Nile. I was used to make baskets, boats, and paper.
What is Papyrus
400
This term is what the Egyptians called thier deserts
What is "The Red Land"
400
Name of the reed plant that was used for basket weaving, making rafts and making paper.
What is papyrus
400
Numer of dynasties that ruled in ancient Egypt.
What is 31.
400
This group of people made up the largest part of Egypt's population
What is farmers
400
Hieroglyphics
What is the ancient Egyptian system of writing that uses pictures and symbols.
500
These are the three natural barriers that prevented armies from invading Egypt
What is the Eastern Desert, Western (Sahara) Desert and the cataracts
500
Term for picture symbols that were used to represent words, objects and ideas.
What is hieroglyphics
500
Egyptian dynasties are grouped into these three time periods.
What is "Old Kingdom", "Middle Kingdom" and "New Kingdom"
500
Artisans produced these types of goods
What is metal goods, pottery and cloth
500
Dynasty
What is a line of rulers from the same family.
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