Gift of the Nile
What is a cataract?
a waterfall
What is a hieroglyph?
a picture that stands for a word or letter
What is a dynasty?
line of rulers from the same family
Who was Hatshepsut?
an Egyptiian queen who declared herself pharaoh in 1472 B.C. and expanded trade
What is silt?
fine soil deposited by a river
What did they mean by afterlife?
life that takes place in another world after death
What is a pharaoh?
the title of king in ancient Egypt
What is an obelisk?
a four sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top
The queen who became pharaoh after her husband died was_______________.
Hatshepsut
Pharaoh Akhenaton changed Egypt's _______________.
religion
Who was Khufu?
pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid
Who is Ramses II?
the pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C. and created a stable empire
The Egyptian religion was ____________.
polytheistic
The Old Kingdom started about_____.
2575 B.C.
Pharaoh Khufu built the___________.
Great Pyramid
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt was invaded from the northeast by the_______________.
Hyksos
The world's longest river is the ________________.
Nile
Egyptian homes were made out of________________.
mud bricks
One of the highest jobs in ancient Egypt was that of the _______________.
priest
Astronomy helped ancient Egyptians develop______________.
a calendar