Vocabulary
A plant used to make rope and paper
What is papyrus?
The Nile River flows in this direction
What is north?
The arid lands surrounding Egypt serve this function
What is a natural barrier?
Egyptian settlers grew large volumes of this crop
What is wheat?
What is barley?
The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt
Who was the Pharoah?
When you are kicked out of your homeland
What is exile?
The Libyan, Arabian, and Nubian are all the same geographic feature
What is a desert?
Because of the hot dry climate, these navigational aids could be seen in the desert
What are stars?
A group of people and goods traveling across the desert
What is a caravan?
This class included farmers and laborers
Who were peasants?
The plants that grow across an area
What is vegetation?
A body of salt water to the east of Egypt, that borders the Arabian - or Western - Desert
What is the Red Sea?
The General of Armies might turn this over to the Chief Treasurer after a successful war
What is loot?
Early settlers to Egypt and Kush made their homes here
What is along the Nile River
These people wrote down laws and religious text
Who were scribes
The shape of the land, with all its land forms
What is topography?
Lower Egypt is nearest to this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Most people made this choice because deserts were hot and dry
What is stayed out of/avoided them?
The best kind of long-distance transportation in Egypt
What are river boats?
Who were priests?
When people from your homeland are scattered all over
What is diaspora?
An area with things in common, such as language, climate, or geography
What is a region?
The Nile River floods each year in this season
What is summer?
Large series of rapids along the Nile were named to help people know where they were on the river
What are cataracts?
This government official advised the pharoah and carried out his commands
Who was the vizier?