Valley Civilizations
The Gift of the River
A Protected Land
People of the River
Uniting Egypt
100

This civilization emerged in the northern part of the Nile River valley. 

What is Egypt?

100

Because of this type of climate, Egypt's ancient structures have survived. 

What is hot and dry?

100

The fan-shaped area of the Nile's fertile marshland. 

What is the Nile Delta?

100

Unlike in Mesopotamia, the floods of the Nile were this. 

What is predictable?

100

As farming and trade increased in ancient Egypt, a need for this became increasingly important. 

What is an organized government?

200

This civilization emerged in the far southern part of the Nile River valley. 

What is Kush?

200

The ancient Egyptians depended on the Nile River for drinking, bathing, and for this other reason. 

What is growing crops?

200

To the west of the Nile River is the Libyan Desert, which is part of this larger desert. 

What is the Sahara?

200

This is the season when the Nile would flood the land. 

What is summer?

200

Tese were the two large kingdoms that made up ancient Egypt in 4000 B.C.

What was Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt?

300

This is what the earliest Egyptians called their land, which means black land named because of the dark, rich soil. 

What is Kemet?

300

The Nile River is about this long in miles.

What is 4000 miles?

300

The ancient Egyptians called the Eastern Desert this because of their scorching heat. 

What is the "Red Land"?

300

This reed plant grew wild along the Nile and was used for making paper, baskets, sandals, and more. 

What is papyrus?

300

This king unified the kingdoms. 

Who is Narmer?

400

This has the body of a lion and a human head. 

What is the Sphinx?

400

Because of how important it is, this is what some call the Nile River. 

What is "the lifeblood" of Egypt?

400
This kept Egypt isolated from invaders. 

What are deserts?

400

The combinations of pictures and sound symbols created this complex writing system. 

What are hieroglyphics?

400

This was the new capital after the two kingdoms were unified. 

What was Memphis?

500

This type of person studies pyramids and the mummies from ancient Egypt.

What is an archaeologist?

500
The dangerous, fast moving waters of the Nile are called this, and make traveling parts of it difficult. 

What are cataracts?

500

These two seas provided opportunities for trade. 

What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?

500

A bucket attached to a long pole that lifts water from the Nile and empties it into basins. 

What is a shadoof?

500

A line of rulers from one family. 

What is a dynasty?

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