Words to Know
The land where silt and fertile soil was left after the flooding
Black Land
A structure shaped like a triangle with 4 sides used as tombs for Pharaohs
Pyramid
This pharaoh's started his reign at 10 years old and has the most famous tomb
Tutankhamun
The longest river in the world
The Nile
The three kingdoms of Ancient Egypt
Old, Middle, New
The salt Egyptians used to preserve the body
Natron
The name give to the dry barren desert land of Egypt
Red Land
Egyptian system of writing that uses symbols or pictures for sounds or words
Hieroglyphics
This was the leader of Egypt and considered a god on earth. The word means great house
Pharaoh
The direction the Nile River flows
North
The people that were professional writers
Scribes
The continent that Egypt is located on
Africa
A tool that had a pole and a bucket to spread water
Shadoof
The Egyptian belief in more than one god
Polytheism
The civilization that took over Egypt because of their superior weapons for a period of 200 years
Hysos
Upper Egypt was located in this direction
South
The Nile River flooded at the _____________ time every year
Same
The process of mummification took this many days
70
A paper-like material developed by the Egyptians
Papyrus
A system used to get water to crops by digging ditches. canals. or trenches
Irrigation
Famous women Queen of Egypt whose nephew was Thutmose III
Queen Hatshepsut
Lower Egypt was located in this part of Egypt
North
The three natural barriers that protected Egypt from invaders
Swampy Delta, deserts, cataracts in the Nile
This Archaeologist discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922
Howard Carter
A line of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
Waterfalls, rapids, and boulders that made it impossible to travel the Nile
Egyptian Pharaoh that changed their religion to worship only the sun god
Amenhotep IV
Egypt is surrounded by the Sahara Desert, Mediterranean Sea, Sanai Peninsula and this waterway
The Red Sea
Preserving the body after death to prepare for the afterlife
Embalming
The key to deciphering Egyptian Hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone
Government where the religious leader is the same as the political leader
Theocracy
The Egyptian belief that the whole body was needed to house the soul
Ka
The king said to be responsible for being the first to unite upper and lower Egypt
King Narmer
The fan shaped area of the river that flows into the Mediterranean Sea
Delta
The kingdom that built the majority of the pyramids
Old Kingdom
A dead Egyptian body that has had the organs removed and embalmed
Mummy