Nile River
Trade
Government
Culture
Miscellaneous
100
Reed that grows on the bank of the Nile, used to make a material for writing.
What is papyrus reed?
100
Nubia needed to import this surplus from Egypt.
What is grain?
100
Name for Egyptian kings.
What is a pharaoh?
100
A free-standing statue.
What is a sculpture?
100
The hot, deadly land outside of the fertile Nile River Valley.
What is the Red Land?
200
Area of rich soil where a river flows into an ocean or sea.
What is a delta?
200
A valuable white material, good for carving, that was often exported from Nubia.
What is ivory?
200
Officials who knew how to write.
What are scribes?
200
A worker in a skilled trade, usually makes things by hand.
What is an artisan?
200
A body preserved for the afterlife.
What is a mummy?
300
Large rapids that prevent transportation by boat.
What are cataracts?
300
The buying and selling of goods and services.
is commerce?
300
A family of rulers.
What is a dynasty?
300
a large tomb with triangular sides.
What is a pyramid?
300
The structure of the human body and organs.
What is anatomy?
400
Star that was used to predict the annual flood of the Nile.
What is Sirius?
400
A hardened black wood and Nubian export.
What is ebony?
400
The offices and officials that manage the business of government?
What is a bureaucracy?
400
A guide to the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?
400
A 365 day calendar that was based on the sun and the seasons.
What is a solar calendar?
500
Name Egyptians used for their kingdom, means "black land" (which refers to the fertile area around the Nile).
What is Kehmet?
500
The reliance on another country for their exports.
What is interdependence?
500
The legendary king who first united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
500
The Nubian alphabet.
What is Meroitic Script?
500
This ancient leader fought against the Hittites in Kadesh.
Who is Ramses II?
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