Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Gift of the Nile
Vocabulary
100
This was the name given to the first Egyptian leaders which meant "great palace"
What is Pharaoh
100
These are the people from the north who invaded and defeated the Egyptians armies
What is Hyksos
100
Where were most of the New Kingdom pharaohs buried
What is Valley of the Kings
100
In what direction does the Nile River flow
What is North
100
What did they call the person who kept the written records for the pharaoh
What is Scribe
200
This was the capital city of the Old Kingdom
What is Memphis
200
The Egyptian armies were defeated by invaders from the north who used what two things in defeating them
What is Horses, Chariots, and Bronze weapons
200
Hatshepsut led a trade expedition which lasted 2 years down the Red Sea to what country
What is Punt
200
What were two things the Nile River provided the people of Ancient Egypt with.
What is Food, Water, Silt, and Transportation
200
This is the mixture of sand, soil, and rock that is carried by the river; when it's deposited by the flood water, it leaves very rich soil.
What is silt
300
This was the name of the sun god worshipped by ancient Egyptians whom they believed gave life to Egypt and was the father of the pharaoh.
What is Ra
300
During the middle kingdom, Egypt's contact with the world increased. They expanded into what gold-rich country
What is Nubia
300
What was one medical discovery made by the ancient Egyptians still used be us today
What is Chamomile tea for upset stomachs and mold for wounds.
300
What were two crops raised by ancient Egyptian farmers
What is Wheat, Barley, and Flax
300
What do we call the fan-shaped land area made of silt deposited at the mouth of the river
What is Delta
400
Describe how Egyptians prepared a body for afterlife and burial and what it was called
What is The body was dried, internal organs removed, and wrapped in strips of cloth. Mummification
400
The Hyksos ruled Egypt for this many years
What is 100 years
400
Who was Egypt's most important trading partner during the New Kingdom
What is Kush
400
The process used by Egyptian farmer involves the watering of their land by means of canals or pipes
What is Irrigation
400
This is the apparatus used by ancient Egyptian farmers to scoop water from the canals and pour it on the fields.
What is shadouf
500
What did the ancient Egyptians use for money
What is They traded equal goods
500
The pharaoh Ahmose, ended the Hyksos reign over the Egyptian's, what did he vow would never happen to Egypt again
What is Outsiders would never rule Egypt again.
500
What two things had the ancient Egyptians discovered about astronomy
What is 5 planets and Eclipse
500
Into what body of water does the Nile River empty
What is Mediterranean Sea
500
During the New Kingdom, Egypt expanded their territory to Israel, the Euphrates River, and south to Nubia. Land ruled by one government became known as what?
What is an empire
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