Geography
Early Days
Government
Writing
Miscellaneous
100
The Nile River flows in this direction.
What is north?
100
The yearly flood, which Egyptians considered an act of the gods.
What is the Inundation?
100
"He who lives in the great house."
What is a pharaoh?
100
The ancient Egyptians used this form of writing.
What is hieroglyphic?
100
The leader of a nome.
What is a nomarch?
200
The triangular-shaped area where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta?
200
A primitive water pump Egyptians used to scoop water from canals.
What is a shaduf?
200
This person was second in command, advised the pharaoh, and handled everyday matters.
Who is the vizier?
200
Sheets on which the Egyptians kept most of their records.
What are papyrus scrolls?
200
This geographical feature allowed for trade and organized government to develop effectively in ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
300
The Egyptians referred to the desert by this term.
What is Red Land?
300
He united Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BCE.
Who is King Menes?
300
This person collected taxes.
Who is the chancellor?
300
These thin boards were used to hold a scribe's writing materials.
What is a palette?
300
A system of departments (in government).
What is a bureaucracy?
400
The capital city of ancient Egypt.
What is Memphis?
400
The first great period in ancient Egyptian history.
What is the Old Kingdom?
400
These people recorded government/business transactions.
Who are scribes?
400
Scenes, symbols, and figures carved onto a wall.
What is a (wall) relief?
400
The kingdom (region) of ancient Egypt that included the Nile Delta.
What is Lower Egypt?
500
The Egyptians referred to the fertile area around the Nile by this term.
What is Black Land?
500
A district of neighboring villages.
What is a nome?
500
In this system of government, the pharaoh ruled from Memphis, but had authority over all Egyptian communities and their leaders.
What is centralized government?
500
The Egyptians recorded/communicated information about these two main issues.
What are religion and government?
500
The kingdom (region) of ancient Egypt that was south of Memphis.
What is Upper Egypt?
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