Egypt
The world's first paperlike material?
papyrus
Second in command to the Egyptian king?
vizier
What was the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing?
Rosetta Stone
scribe
What is a flat or level area of land?
plain
A time of serious shortage of food?
famine
What are the low lands between hills or mountains?
valleys
The irrigation device used by the Egyptians?
shadoof
What is the large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu?
Great Pyramid
What is a highland plain?
plateau
A title given to an Egyptian king?
pharaoh
A rock bed piled high in a river creating small watefalls?
cataracts
Egypt's nickname?
"Gift of the Nile"
The pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Egypt?
Tutankhamen
What is the world's second largest continent?
Africa
A body wrapped and preserved for eternal life?
mummy
A buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river?
delta
The desert that covers most of Egypt?
Sahara Desert
Who was the only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt?
Hatshepsut
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Kilimanjaro
A talk, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra?
obelisk
Ancient Egyptian writing used pictures to represent objects?
hieroglyphics
What king united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Menes
Which Bible character became a vizier?
Joseph
What is a landform that rises higher than a hill?
mountain
What two landforms gave special protection to Egypt?
desert and cataracts in the Nile River
What is the name of the mountain that Moses received the Ten Commandments?
Mt. Sinai
The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found?
Valley of the Kings
Who was the first pharoah?
Akhenaton
The world's longest river?
Nile