Old Kingdom
This title, given to Egyptian leaders, means 'great house'.
What is pharaoh?
During this period, lower-class Egyptians gained this right, giving them the same access to the afterlife as nobles and pharaohs.
What is mummification/being mummified?
During the New Kingdom, Pharaoh Amenhotep was controversial because he wanted Egyptians to only worship this many gods.
What is one?
The Nile flows north from central Africa all the way to the Nile Delta and empties into this large body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This is the name of the earliest civilization to emerge from Mesopotamia.
Who were the Sumerians?
These massive tombs, the largest of which were made in Giza, are evidence of the great wealth and power of Egyptian rulers.
What are the pyramids?
During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt expanded its kingdom south to this land (starts with the letter N).
What is Nubia?
Egypt is in the northeast corner of this continent?
What is Africa?
Ancient Egyptians worshipped this God of the Nile, who they believed was responsible for the rise and fall of the river.
What is Osiris?
Mesopotamia was an ideal place for agriculture to flourish because of this area of land.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Because the Egyptian kingdom was so large, pharaohs used these people to help govern different parts; they eventually obeyed the rulers less and less.
What are nomarchs?
This group of people from western Asia came across the Sinai Peninsula and conquered the Egyptians during the Middle Kingdom.
Who were the Hyksos?
The history of Egypt is divided into three of these.
What are kingdoms?
Growing along the Nile's banks, ancient Egyptians used this reed for making paper and boats.
What is papyrus?
Much like Egypt, the Sumerians build huge stone, but these were dedicated to gods, not leaders.
What are ziggurats?
This is the name of the sun god, who Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the son of.
Who is Amun-Ra or Ra?
The main reason the Hyksos conquered the Egyptians was because of their advanced weaponry, specifically these.
What were war chariots?
During the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptians built one of these waterways between the Nile River and the Red Sea to improve trade.
What is a canal?
At the mouth of the Nile where it empties into the sea, large deposits of silt (fine sand) have formed this, a triangle-shaped area of marshy flatland.
What is a delta?
One of the first legal codes was created by this Babylonian (group of people in Mesopotamia) king.
Who was Hammurabi?
This is the name of the great engineer who designed the Step Pyramid of Sakkara.
Who was Imhotep?
During the Middle Kingdom, King Mentuhotep moved the capital from Memphis to this city.
What was Thebes?
Finding this archaeological item that led to the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics is one of the greatest discoveries in human history.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The yearly flooding of this river was predictable and deposited fertile soil along its banks.
What is the Nile River?
These two rivers were the lifeblood of Mesopotamian civilization.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?