On the Map
Egypt is on this continent.
Where is Africa?
She was a female pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
A structure used by Ancient Egyptians to irrigate their fields.
What is a shaduf?
These materials were used to cover the Great Pyramid of Giza.
What are limestone and gold?
This is the name for the rich soil left on the shore of the Nile after it flooded.
What is silt?
This is the name for where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea.
Nile Delta
He designed the first Step Pyramid.
Who is Imhotep?
A paper-like substance made from a plant on the Nile.
What is papyrus?
This organ was left in the body of the dead Pharaoh so it could be weighed by the gods.
What is the heart?
King Narmer lived in this time period of Egypt.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This part of Egypt is in the south.
Where is Upper Egypt?
He is the pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.
Who is Cheops/Khufu?
The rectangular tomb pharaohs were buried in before pyramids were used.
What is a mastaba?
This process was necessary for a Pharaoh to go to the afterlife.
What is mummification?
The Hyksos invaded at the end of this time period.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This was the capital city of the warrior kings, found in Upper Egypt.
Where is Thebes?
He is the pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
This stone allowed us to learn how to read hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
These people built the first pyramids.
Who are farmers?
The warrior kings began this time period by driving out the Hyksos.
What is the New Kingdom?
The Hyksos invaded this part of Egypt, found in the north.
Where is Lower Egypt?
He is the pharaoh for whom the first step pyramid was built.
Who is Djoser?
This stone tells the story of how a pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt.
What is the Narmer Palette?
These people invented hieroglyphics to record stories about the gods.
Who are priests?
A ruling family in Egypt
What is a dynasty?