Vocabulary
What do they call a body preserved in a specific process in Egypt?
Mummy
True or False: Egypt is south of Kush.
False
Who is the famous boy Pharaoh discovered in the 20th century thought to bring curses?
King Tut
What did Egyptians build that served as tombs?
Pyramids
The Ancient Egyptian Empire was a thing 3100 BCE.
True or False
True
What do they call the kings of a united Egypt?
Pharaoh
What river was the most important to Egypt?
The Nile River
Who is the famous female pharaoh who had influence on the Roman Empire?
Cleopatra
What was the writing called in Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
What great Greek conquered Egypt in 332 BCE?
Alexander the Great
What do they call a ruling family that rules generation after generation?
Dynasty
What sea is north of Egypt?
The Mediterranean Sea.
Who is the name of the Roman emperor Cleopatra had a child with?
Julius Caesar
What star helped the Egyptians know when there would be a Nile flood?
Sirius
What is the statue called with a human head and a lion's body that is known to guard the pyramids?
The Sphinx
What is the material called that the Egyptians would write on?
Papyrus
What was another name for the area that makes up Kush?
Nubia
Which pharaoh had the second-longest reign and had battles against the Hittites.
Ramses II
What was the writing system called in Kush?
The Meroitic Script
There are two items that your text deems "the most valuable" items the Egyptians bought in Kush. Name one of them.
Elephant Tusks or Gold
What is the buying and selling of goods and services?
Commerce
What is an area of sediment, soil, or minerals carried by water deposited at the mouth of the river?
Delta
Who was the famous female Pharaoh who wore a fake beard and whose rule was connected with peace?
Hatshepsut
What was the underworld called in Ancient Egypt?
Duat
What is the of the Eastern African empire that conquered Kush?
Axum