Geography
This river is approximately 4,150 miles long, and is the 2nd longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This triangular shaped formation is seen as one of ancient Egypt's greatest achievements.
What are pyramids?
Rocky rapids along a river
What are cataracts?
The first Pharaoh in Egypt that united the Upper and Lower Kingdoms.
Who is Narmer ? ( Menes )
This Kingdom is often referred to as The Pyramid Age in ancient Egypt
What is The Old Kingdom?
Egypt is located on this continent
What is Africa?
Egyptians invented this material very similar to paper.
What is papyrus?
Egypt is to _______________________ as Mesopotamia is to cuneiform.
What is hieroglyphics?
I became Pharaoh of ancient Egypt at the age of 9 yet my tomb was only discovered about 100 years ago.
Who is King Tut?
During this kingdom in ancient Egypt Ramses the Great ruled.
What is the New Kingdom?
This sea is directly to the North of Egypt
What is The Mediterranean Sea ?
A _______________ is a body preserved by special process. The knowledge of this process was one of ancient Egypt's great achievements.
What is a mummy ?
or
What is mummification?
This triangular shaped area is a wetland area that forms as a river empties into a larger body of water.
What is a river delta?
The first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt
Who is Hatshepsut?
What is The Old Kingdom?
The Lower Kingdom was often referred to as the blacklands and was located in this part of Egypt.
What is the northern part of Egypt?
In Mesopotamia writing was referred to as cuneiform. In ancient Egypt, their writing system was known as this.
What is hieroglyphics?
The belief in one god
What is monotheism?
This ancient Egyptian Pharaoh had Hatshepsut's name stricken from monuments
Who was Thutmose III ?
Ancient Egypt expanded its borders and became a world power during this ancient kingdom...
What is The New Kingdom?
Upper Egypt is located in this direction from it's large river delta.
What is South?
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The Egyptians learned how to tame the Nile River in order to farm and survive by using this vocabulary term.
What is irrigation?
This building in Washington, D.C resembles or looks like an ancient Egyptian obelisk
What is The Washington Monument?
This ancient Egyptian pharaoh united Egypt, and was founder of its first dynasty or family of rulers
Who is Narmer? ( Menes )
In ancient Egypt pharaohs were expected to be good kings. This period is referred to as The Golden Age as pharaohs were buried in hidden tombs.
What is The Middle Kingdom?