Chapter 4 , Lesson 1
What is one fact about the Nile River ?
multiple answers,
4,000 miles long
Egyptian cities became important during the ____?
Old Kingdom
What is a word that means a bowl-like place for storing water?
Basin
Who built army bases and set up a navy ?
Thutmose III
What did Egyptians make out of papyrus?
Paper
What is one way the Egyptians used the Nile ?
water the fields
_____ was called the god-king
Menes
What was the capital of the middle kingdom?
Thebes
The sun god is called ?
Ra
The temples and pyramids show that Egyptians were skilled ____.
builders
Who used the nile river to go from place to place ?
traders and important people
The _____ is where ancient Egyptians thought they would live after death.
afterlife
What do you call a person from another country ?
foreigner
Picture writing in Egypt is called?
Hieroglyphics
The Egyptian counting system was based on what number ?
10
What does the Nile do just before it reaches the Mediterranean?
spreads out in to the delta
what was built without tools, animals or wheels?
Pyramids
Who did the people of the middle kingdom think would live forever?
all people
Capital of new kingdom ?
Thebes
What is another name for papyrus?
scroll
What country in the Nile River in ?
Africa
What ended the old Kingdom ?
Civil War
Where did Egyptians of the middle kingdom bury their pharaohs?
cliffs
annex
What did Egyptians use to carve their statues ?
Stone