The Nile River
A serious shortage of food for a period of time.
Famine
Goods and resources that are brought in to the country
Import
Egypt is on which continent?
Africa
The ruler or Egypt
Pharaoh
Process when rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away.
Erosion
Lapis lazuli, a blue stone, came from ___________
Afghanistan
Huge architectural buildings, often used as tombs for pharaohs.
Pyramids
These people were responsible for keeping all records
Scribes
The Nile River empties into this body of water.
Mediterranean Sea
A series of rulers from the same family or line.
Dynasty
The name of the paper-like material that Egypt exported to other civilizations.
Papyrus
The pharaoh who first united Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
Responsible for overseeing religious rites
Priests
A fan-shaped area of fertile land where a river empties into a larger body of water
Delta
Egyptian writing system that involved using pictures to represent words.
Hieroglyphics
Egypt's economy was mostly based on _____________.
Agriculture
This social class was responsible for keeping records
Scribes
Highest government official, just below the Pharaoh
Vizier
Which direction does the Nile River flow? (From _____ to _____)
From South to North
When a country ships out goods to other places
Export
A metal weight used to represent a specific value
Alexander the Great founded this city in Lower Egypt. Hint: He named it after himself
Alexandria
What three groups of people make up the "Government Officials" bands on the social pyramid
Priests, Nobels, Vizier