Ancient Africa
A large, dry, hot area west of Egypt
What is the Sahara Desert?
The first king of the Middle Kingdom knew that this precious metal was in the hills and ground of the country to the south
What is gold?
The worship of only one god
What is monotheism?
The story of the Israelites leaving Egypt is found in this book of the Bible
The color of the Phoenicians' famous dye
What is purple?
A little patch of land where water collects and and a few scrubby palm trees can grow
What is an oasis?
These nomads from Canaan conquered Egypt, and later Egypt copied their weapons
Who are the Hyksos?
Female pharaoh who wore men's clothes and a false beard
Who is Hatshepsut?
Who is Moses?
The animals used by the Phoenicians to make their special dye
A favorite character of African storytellers
Who is Anansi?
The first king of the Middle Kingdom tried to make Egypt larger by conquering this country to the south of Egypt
What is Nubia?
Became pharaoh at seven years old and was buried with treasures that were discovered three thousand years later
Who is Tutankhamen?
When the Israelites left Egypt, God parted this body of water
Little settlements started by the Phoenicians in many of the places where their ships landed
What are colonies?
A crop similar to a sweet potato, loved by the tricky spider of African folklore
What is a yam?
The country to the south of Egypt was renamed this
What is Kush?
Pharaoh who wanted Egypt to worship just one god
Who is Amenhotep?
The Israelites are descended from this man
Who is Abraham?
The Phoenicians sailed all around this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Two of the three different kinds of food that the tricky spider of African folklore found in the different villages
What are cassava, plantains, and rice?
Who is Amenemhet?
Pharaoh who fought both the Nubians and the Hyksos and made Egypt twice as big
Who is Thutmose?
The Israelites moved to Egypt because there was a famine in this land
What is Canaan?
Two important Phoenician cities
What are Tyre and Carthage?