Geography
What river was central to the civilization that developed in Egypt?
Nile River
What was so valuable in Ancient Egypt that some people were willing to risk the penalty of death?
Land
What is king Menes credited with?
Uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
In a hierarchy each person belongs to a different what?
Social Class
What is the exchange of goods without using money?
Barter
What are rock formations that create churning rapids?
Cataracts
What was a shaduf used for?
Irrigation
What term means a series of rulers from the same family?
Dynasty
Who was the most important god in Ancient Egypt?
Sun god or Re
What metal was extremely important in the ancient world because it was used to make strong tools?
Iron
What is an area where a reiver fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water?
Delta
Where was Lower Egypt located?
What term is used for all Egyptian kings?
Pharaoh
What is the process by which a Pharoah's body was preserved?
Mummification
What was the writing system of Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphs
What was the Nile's greatest gift?
Water
What area was located south of Cario and hemmed in by the desert?
Upper Egypt
Who was the pharaoh's chief official?
Viziers
What organ was not removed during the mummification process?
The heart
What were professional writers?
Scribes
What was the narrow strip of land that ran along both sides of the Nile River called?
Black Land
What head dress represented both Upper and Lower Egypt?
Double crown
What were massive monumental tombs to house the pharaoh's dead body?
Pyramid
What is the preserved body of a pharaoh?
Mummy
What reed grew along the banks of the Nile and was used to make paper?
Papyrus