Important Things to know
Maps
People
Geography Facts
Other Facts
100
Ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects is called, ___________.
Hieroglyphics
100
What is B pointing to?
Sinai Peninsula
100
Who was "second in command" in Egypt?
The Vizier
100
What is a highland plain called?
a plateau
100
a body wrapped and preserved for eternal life is called a _______
mummy
200
A tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra is called what?
an obelisk
200
What is E pointing at?
Thebes
200
Who was the first pharaoh?
Akhenaton
200
What is the land between hills or mountains called?
a valley
200
What is a time of serious shortage of food?
a Famine
300
Give one reason why Egypt declined in power.
They had no iron to make strong weapons, the leaders fought for power, other countries/groups took over.
300
What is D pointing to?
Mount Sinai
300
The secretary to the ruler in a court was called what?
Scribe
300
What is a build up of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river called?
a delta
300
The "Gift of the Nile" is another name for what?
Egypt
400
Africa's largest mountain
Kilimanjaro
400
What is C pointing to?
Memphis
400
Who was found that revealed a lot of information about Egypt?
King Tutankhamen also known as King Tut
400
What was the irrigation device that Egyptians used, called?
a shadoof
400
What is a rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls called?
Cataracts
500
The monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stands near the pyramids is called what?
The Sphinx
500
What is H pointing to?
Upper Egypt
500
What was the structure that King Khufu built?
The Great Pyramid
500
The largest desert is called, __________
The Sahara
500
BONUS
What landforms gave special protection to Egypt?