Ancient Egypt 1
Large stone tombs with four triangular sides that met in a point on the top; built so the dead could climb to heaven; built during the Old Kingdom
pyramid
The earliest Egyptians
Kushites
Northern Nile area
Egypt
Mummies were placed in these
tomb
Flooding of Nile river is
Often
Every year
Seasonal
Seasonal
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river
Nile
Longest river in the world
Nile
The Nile provided this for the Ancient Egyptians
What is it provided rich soil for growing food; it provided water for growing food; the Egyptians used boats on the Nile to carry food from place to place?
True or False: To the river’s east lies the Eastern Desert which extends to the Sahara.
False
The two separate rivers joined together to form the Nile
Blue and White Nile
A large statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
Sphinx
True of False: The Nile floods every year is seasonal
True
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
What are Hieroglyphics?
Fan shaped fertile marshland
Delta
In the North,Delta——- stopped invaders sailing from the Mediterranean Sea.
Why Nile River Valley was ideal for settlement ?
Fertile land
Two sources of water in the river Nile.
Rain and melted snow
Fast moving waters created when rivers come together along steep cliffs and boulders
Cataracts
A series of rulers from the same family
dynasty
The Nile River flows north about how many miles from Central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea?
4,000
Two emerging civilizations in Africa
Egypt and Kush
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls
paper
This is how the Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead
mummification
The king of the upper Egypt
Narmer
This is needed as farming and trade increased in Egypt.
Organized Government