De-Nile
The the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River
Many farmers used this to dip water from the Nile River into an irrigation canal.
What is a shadoof?
The mountainous area to the south was called _____ Egypt, and the plains around the Nile Delta were called ______ Egypt
What is Upper and Lower Egypt?
During this kingdom, Egypt experienced peace and stability.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
An Egyptian’s social class depended on his wealth or power. This person was at the top of the social pyramid.
Who is the pharaoh?
Sections of the river become very shallow and rocky, causing dangerous rapids. These areas were called this.
What are cataracts?
Each summer in ancient Egypt, the Nile overflowed its banks. The flood typically lasted for this number of months.
What is four months?
Around 3000 BC, Lower and Upper Egypt were unified under this leader named.
Who is Menes?
The Egyptians enslaved the Israelites during this kingdom.
What is the New Kingdom?
Both men and women wore necklaces that were often made of gold and beads, and many necklaces had amulets. Both men and women wore this and cosmetics.
What are wigs?
This protected the Egyptian people from most invasions.
What is the geography?
The Egyptians used this to measure the Nile’s water levels. The measurements affected how much the people owed in taxes.
What is a nilometer?
Menes began the first this of Egypt.
What is dynasty?
This kingdom was called the greatest period in Egyptian history.
What is the New Kingdom?
Egyptians believed that after burial, a dead person traveled by boat to this place, where Osiris presided.
What is the Hall of Judgement?
The Nile River became a useful highway for this.
What is transportation?
Many things were taxed each year. Name three things that were taxed. (The three things that were written in your notes.)
What is land, livestock, and crops?
The three pyramids in the valley of Giza are the most well-known. The largest of these is this pyramid.
What is the Great Pyramid?
This man discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
Who is Howard Carter?
Having control over the worship system made these people very powerful.
Who are priests?
This was an ideal location to grow crops.
What is the Nile Delta?
The Egyptians used two types of clocks. Name both clocks.
What is the water clock and the sundial?
The largest artifacts in Egypt are structures such as the great pyramids and this.
What is the Sphinx?
One of the last pharaohs who kept the empire strong.
Who is Rameses II?
Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the son of this god.
Who is Horus?