Geography
Vocabulary
Pharaohs
Government
Main Events
100
This was the capital of the Old Kingdom
What is Memphis
100
The writers of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
What is scribes
100
This is the first pharaoh of Egypt
Who is Menes
100
They were in charge of collecting taxes
Who is a governor
100
3100 BC
What is Upper and Lower Egypt unite
200
This mighty river runs 4,000 miles through Africa
What is the Nile River
200
Made up of 800 picture signs
What is hieroglyphs
200
Builder of the greatest pyramid in the Old Kingdom
Who is Khufu
200
This person had great power in religion and governing
Who is the pharaoh
200
2866 BC
The Old Kingdom begins
300
The river divides into several branches, forming a vast, fan shaped
What is delta
300
A reed plant used for paper
What is papyrus
300
He was just a boy king
Who is Tutankhamun
300
This was collected for everything from food to the amount of time a person had?
What is taxes
300
1650 BC
Hyskos invaded Lower Egypt
400
Farmers depended on this natural occurrence for growing crops.
What is floods.
400
A group of lands and peoples ruled by one government
What is an empire
400
She expanded trade past the Egyptian empire border.
Who is Hatshepsut.
400
Money did not exist so Egyptians used
What is food, goods and services
400
1550 BC
When the New Kingdom begins
500
The mighty Nile River flows this direction
What is north.
500
A unit of measure on a map
What is a scale
500
He led the battle to defeat the Hyskos by using weapons made by their enimies
Who is Ahmose
500
This made up Egyptian economy
What is agriculture and farmers
500
1100 BC
When New Kingdom ends
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