Vocabulary
The English translation of hiero and glyphics means this.
This is the continent that Egypt is in.
What is Africa.
This is the name of one of the first writing systems that the Egyptians used.
What is hieroglyphics.
The Egyptians used this plant to make paper to write on.
What is papyrus.
This is the name of the long river in Egypt.
What is the Nile River.
This word is what the Egyptians called their kings and queens.
What is pharaoh.
The Egyptians dig these to irrigate, or water, their crops.
What is canals.
This is one of the inventions we still use today. We use it to keep track of what time of day it is.
What is a clock?
This is the name of the Ancient Egyptian writing system.
What is Hieroglyphics.
The Egyptians harvest these during the Shemu season.
What is crops.
The Egyptians used this tool to gather water from reservoirs to water their crops.
What is a Shaduf.
This is the name of the item that the French discovered that helped them understand hieroglyphics.
What is The Rosetta Stone.
This is why people settled along the Nile River.
What is fertile land for farming.
These generally have people, laws, a system of writing, shelter, division of labor, etc.
What is civilization.
This is what happens to the Nile every year during the Akhet season.
What is flood.
The ______ discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1799.
What is the French.
It took a lot of work for the Egyptians to build this type of architecture.
What is pyramids.