Fertile, fan-shaped land created where the Nile empties into the Sea.
What is a delta?
100
This is what happens when you trade items “out” from your country?
What is called “exporting”?
100
The name of the technology used to water the crops along the Nile River.
What is a “shaduf”?
100
This means "Great Palace" or "Great House"
What is Pharaoh?
100
A boy at what age was trained to be a scribe.
What is 10 years of age?
200
Bits of soil and rock carried off by the Nile River and deposited alongside its banks.
What is silt?
200
This is what is done when you take items “in” from another country.
What is called importing?
200
This amazing feat took 20 years to build.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
200
The name of the Pharaoh who joined Upper and Lower Egypt into one dynasty.
What is Narmar (aka Menes)
200
Baby food was made from what things.
What is papyrus shoots and boiled roots?
300
Another name for a waterfall.
What is a Cataract?
300
The name of the pharaoh who increased trade with Egypt’s neighbors by going on expeditions to other countries.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut. Her most famous expedition was to PUNT which today is located in Somalia and Ethiopia?
300
This monument is similar to the Great Pyramid in that it has four sides and is pointed at its vertex. However, it is more slender in its appearance.
What is an obelisk?
300
The person who ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid.
What is Khufu?
300
The technology used by nobles's sons to capture of kill gazelle or antelope.
What are bows and arrows?
400
A reed plant that grows along the Nile and has many useful purposes.
What is Papyrus?
400
The name of two trade items “exported” from Egypt to its neighbors.
What is
1. Grain
2. beer
3. flax
4. papyrus
400
This device was used to determine flood levels.
What is the "Nileometer"?
400
These Egyptians sold themselves and their families into bondage till something owed was paid in full.
What are "debt" slaves?
400
Ordinary village boys used this to strike their preyl
What is rocks?
500
The name of the three “seasons” associated with the Nile River Valley
What is What are the
1. Flooding Season
2. Sowing Season
3. Harvesting Season
500
The name of two trade items “imported” to Egypt.
What is
1. wood from Lebanon
2. Gold from Nubia
3. Lapis lazuli from Iran
4. Slaves from Nubia
500
The Hyksos used new technology in their battle against the Egyptians. List them.
What are:
1. chariots
2. armor
3. bronze weapons
4. bows and arrows
500
The person who believed that an ancient tomb should be preserved for future generations. He also believed that people should guard a tomb from any robbers.
What is Howard Carter?
500
Children hunted birds by spreading nets near trees, securing the corners with stakes. When birds landed, children released the corners to catch the birds. This is similar to what technology.