Vocab
Vocab
Who am I?
Key Aspects
Key Aspects
100
a piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
What is delta?
100
a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces waterfalls
What is cataract?
100
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
What is Menes?
100
world's longest river
What is the Nile?
100
color clothing most ancient Egyptians wore and why
What is white because it reflects the sun's heat?
200
Egyptian system of picture writing
What is hieroglyphics?
200
a perserved body
What is mummy?
200
the pharaoh whose tomb is more famous than he
What is Tutankhamen?
200
largest of the pyramids standing today
What is Great Pyramid?
200
the key to understanding the meaning of hieroglyphics
What is Rosetta Stone?
300
a period of a serious shortage of food
What is famine?
300
a secretary to a ruler
What is scribe?
300
ancient Egypt's only woman pharoah
What is Hatshepsut?
300
the area near Thebes that the pharaohs used as a cemetery
What is Valley of the Kings?
300
Because the fertile land in Egypt ends so abruptly the ancient Egyptians called their land _______ of the Nile
What is gift?
400
pyramid
What is tombs built for the pharoahs?
400
obelisk
What is a tall pointed pillar built to honor the Egyptian sun god?
400
Khufu
What is built the Great Pyramid as his tomb?
400
3 Egyptian seasons
What is flood season, planting season, and harvest season?
400
papyrus
What is paper-like material?
500
shadoof
What is a long pole with a bucket tied on one end used for irrigation?
500
pharoah
What is a ruler of Egypt; "great house"?
500
Joseph
What is a vizier mentioned in the Bible?
500
Great Sphinx
What is famous monument that has the head of a man and the body of a lion?
500
the first pharaoh
What is Akhenaton?
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