EGYPTIAN GEOGRAPHY
THE “GIFT OF THE NILE”
EGYPT
TITLE GIVEN TO AN EGYPTIAN KING
PHARAOH
BIBLE CHARACTER WHO BECAME A VIZIER
JOSEPH
WORLD’S FIRST PAPERLIKE MATERIAL
PAPYRUS
WORLD’S LONGEST RIVER
NILE
THE DESERT THAT COVERS MOST OF EGYPT
SAHARA
MONUMENT WITH THE HEAD OF A MAN AND THE BODY, LEGS , AND PAWS OF A LION THAT STANDS NEAR THE PYRAMIDS
SPHINX
BODY WRAPPED AND PRESERVED FOR ETERNAL LIFE
MUMMY
SECRETARY TO THE RULER IN A COURT
SCRIBE
TIME OF A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF FOOD
FAMINE
BUILDUP OF LOOSE SAND AND SOIL AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER
DELTA
SECOND IN COMMAND TO THE EGYPTIAN KING
VIZIER
PHARAOH WHOSE TOMB REVEALED MUCH ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPT
TUTANKHAMEN
KEY TO UNLOCKING ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WRITING
ROSETTA STONE
AREA NEAR THEBES WHERE THE TOMBS OF MANY PHARAOHS HAVE BEEN FOUND
VALLEY OF THE KINGS
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA
KILIMANJARO
THE FIRST PHARAOH
AKHENATON
LARGE STONE STRUCTURE BUILT AS A TOMB FOR KING KHUFU
GREAT PYRAMID
HAD NO IRON TO MAKE STRONG WEAPONS
EGYPT’S DECLINE IN POWER
EGYPTIAN KING WHO UNITED UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT
MENES
ROCK BED PILED HIGH IN A RIVER CREATING SMALL WATERFALLS
CATARACT
ONLY WOMAN PHARAOH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
HATSHEPSUT
TALL, POINTED, PILLAR REPRESENTING THE SUN GOD RA
OBELISK
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WRITING USING PICTURES TO REPRESENT OBJECTS
HIEROGLYPHICS
IRRIGATION DEVICE USED BY THE EGYPTIANS
SHADOOF