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the Nile
Egyptian extras
vocabulary A
vocabulary B
proper nouns of Egypt
100
the number of cataracts on the Nile
What is 6?
100
to be free
What is independent?
100
a triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
100
a preserved body
What is a mummy?
100
the land to the south of ancient Egypt
What is Kush or Nubia?
200
the direction (north, south, east, or west) the Nile flows
What is north?
200
the internal organ that ancient Egyptians threw away because they didn't know what it was for
What is the brain?
200
a waterfall
What is a cataract?
200
a mixture of soil and small rocks
What is silt?
200
the continent where you'll find Egypt
What is Africa?
300
the distance of the Nile River - in thousands
What is 4,000?
300
what the Egyptians called their large dessert
What is Red Land?
300
to join together
What is unify?
300
an Egyptian god-king
What is a pharaoh?
300
the Egyptian sun god
Who is Ra or Aton or Amon-ra?
400
the body of water the Nile flows into
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
King Tutankhamen is better know by this name.
Who is King Tut?
400
a large stone building that served as a house or tomb for the dead
What is a pyramid?
400
the way people use and manage resources
What is an economy?
400
the Great Pyramid was built for this pharaoh
Who is Khufu?
500
the reason the Egyptians made a calendar
What is to track when the Nile floods?
500
a rock that helped us understand hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
500
a plant that was used to make paper
What is papyrus?
500
a form of writing made up of pictures and symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
500
a powerful female queen who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?