Vocabulary Part I
Another word for rapids
cataracts
A period of Egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years, from about 2700 to 2200 BC
The Old Kingdom
What borders Egypt to the North?
The Mediterranean Sea
The Nile is the ____________ river in the world
largest
The Egyptians practiced ________ or a belief in many gods
polytheism
A triangle shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river
delta
The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom who ruled in the 2500s BC
Khufu
Egypt was known as the.....
Gift of the Nile
Ancient Egypt developed along a _________ mile long section of the Nile
750
The Egyptian belief in the afterlife stemmed from their idea of ____ or a person’s life force
ka
He rose to power around 3100 BC in upper Egypt
Menes
People from rich and powerful families
nobles
Huge, stone tombs with four triangle shaped sides that met in a point on top
pyramids
The Egyptians simply built a series of _____________ to direct the river’s flow and carry water to their fields
canals
Egyptian ideas about the afterlife shaped their ____________
burial practices
The title used by the rulers of Egypt
pharaoh
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
mummies
The Great pyramid located near the town of Giza is named after this individual
Khufu
Egypt had many ____________ that made it hard to invade
natural barriers
To fulfill the ka’s needs, people filled ________ with objects for the afterlife
tombs
A series of rulers from the same family
dynasty
People of wealth and power
Elites
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
engineering
The capital city Menes built was called ____________
Memphis
____________ was a complex process that took several weeks to complete
embalming