The Nile River Valley (Section 1)
Egypt Under the Pharaohs
(Section 2)
Egypt and Nubia
(Section 3)
Life and Death in Ancient Egypt
(Section 4)
Art, Architecture, and Learning in Egypt
(Section 5)
100
Being the world's longest river, it flows about 3,500 miles north to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
100
The rulers of Egypt
What are pharaohs?
100
animal skins, precious stones, and perfumes
What are examples of luxury goods?
100
the belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
a statue made of clay, stone, or other materials
What is a statue?
200
A set of rocky rapids
What are cataracts?
200
skilled workers who practice a trade or handicraft
Who are artisans?
200
brought Egypt and Nubia together
What is trade?
200
the world of the dead
What is the underworld?
200
a reed that grows along the Nile
What is papyrus?
300
The endless Sahara on either side of the Black Land
What is the Red Land?
300
farmers, slaves, and servants
What are the people at the bottom of the social pyramid?
300
hundreds of pounds of gold, cattle, slaves, ostrich feathers, and ivory
What is one year's tribute to the pharaoh?
300
the two spirits that Egyptians believed a person had
What is the Ba and the Ka?
300
They discovered an ancient tableau that had been carved into the side of a cliff
Who are John and Deborah Darnell?
400
The White Nile and the Blue Nile
What are the Nile River's two main sources?
400
An Egyptian who helped expand Egypt's wealth and power through trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
400
A pharaoh who ordered expeditions to the eastern mediterranean.
Who is Snefru?
400
nefer
What is the egyptian word for beautiful?
400
a form of calendar based on the height of the Nile's flooding
What are "Nilometers"?
500
"Kemet"
What is the egyptian word for the Black Land?
500
known as Egypt's greatest builder
Who is Ramses II?
500
The Nubians turned this place into Africa's first ironworking center.
What is the city of Meroe?
500
The most important egyptian god, also known as the sun god
Who is Amon-Re?
500
An architect who created the step pyramid
Who is Imhotep?
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