Geography
Egyptian civilization began in the valley of this river.
What is the Nile?
The Nile does this about 4 months every year, providing water for farming.
What is flooding?
This King of Upper Egypt defeated the king of Lower Egypt and became the ruler of both.
Who was Menes?
He ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid.
Who was Khufu?
The Egyptians used this plant to make their "paper."
What is papyrus?
This is the name given to a very fertile flat land left behind as a river drains into a sea.
What is a delta?
This is the watering of land by canals or pipes.
What is irrigation?
This word meaning "great palace" was used to refer to the rulers of Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
She expanded Egyptian trade and organized trade expeditions as far south as Punt.
Who was Hatshepsut?
This word refers to a group of lands and peoples ruled by one government.
What is an empire?
This is the length of the Nile River.
What is over 4000 miles long?
This is the name for the mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock deposited by rivers.
What is silt?
This is the word used for the joining of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms means joining separate parts into one.
What is unification?
He defeated the Hyksos and reunited Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who was Ahmose?
This kingdom to the south of Egypt was rich with gold.
What was Nubia?
Before unification, this was the name given to the kingdom in the southern area of the Nile.
What is the Upper Kingdom?
The Nile River empties into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This system of writing was made up of about 800 picture signs.
What is hieroglyphics?
Pharaoh Tutankhamun became known by this shortened version of his name.
Who was King Tut?
Egyptian scientists referred to these objects in the sky as "stars that know no rest."
What are the planets?
Before unification, this was the name given to the kingdom in the northern area of the Nile.
What is the Lower Kingdom?
The Nile flows in this direction.
What is North?
This is the name given to the writers who kept records for the pharaohs and others.
What are scribes?
These two men discovered the tomb of King Tut.
Who was Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon?
This kingdom traded gold, perfume, ivory and apes.
What was Punt?