Vocabulary
People
Places
People II
Vocabulary II
100
Wild rapids
What are cataracts?
100
The king of Upper Egypt who conquered Lower Egypt
Who is Narmer?
100
The river that runs through Egypt
What is the Nile?
100
The nephew of Hatshepsut who expanded the Egyptian empire
Who is Thumose III
100
A line of rulers from one family
What is a dynasty?
200
What are branches of a river that fan out over an area of fertile soil?
What are deltas?
200
The king for whom the Great Pyramid of Giza was built for
Who is Khufu?
200
The vast desert to the West of the Nile valley
What is the Sahara?
200
The boy pharaoh
Who is Tutankhamen?
200
Egyptian kings
What are pharaohs?
300
A bucket attached to a long pole meant to life water from the Nile
What is a shadoof?
300
An Egyptian prince who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Who is Ahmose?
300
City that is the location of the Middle Kingdom
What is Thebes?
300
Made Egypt as great as it ever was, ruled for 66 years
Who is Ramses II?
300
gods or goddesses
What are deities?
400
A reed plant used to make baskets, sandals, rafts and paper
What is papyrus?
400
A queen who had power of the New Kingdom
Who is Hatshepsut?
400
Region first known as Nubia
What is Kush?
400
A Kushite king, head of a powerful army
Who is Kashta?
400
The process that protects a deceased pharaoh's body
What is embalming?
500
Complex Egyptian form of writing
What are hieroglyphics?
500
The pharaoh who got rid of all gods and declared he alone should be worshipped
Who is Akhenaton?
500
A kingdom made of Nubian villages and other weaker ones
What is Kerma?
500
Son of Kashta
Who is Piye?
500
Forced payments to a king
What are tributes?
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