Pharaohs
This is what the ancient Egyptians likely called their Pharaoh at the time.
What is king?
This river runs through ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile river?
Cataract
What is a group of rocky rapids?
What were the pyramids used for?
What is tombs for Pharaohs?
This is what farmers depended on each year to irrigate their land.
What is the flooding of the Nile?
This is a ruling family tradition that began when Egypt was united.
What is a dynasty?
This is the sea that the Nile river leads to.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Delta
What is an area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river?
This time traveler came up with the idea of the pyramid?
Who was Imhotep?
These were the Egyptians who were just below the Pharaoh in Egypt's social order.
Who were nobles, priests and officials?
Who was Hatshepsut?
This is the continent in which Egypt resides.
What is Africa?
Papyrus
What is a form of paper made from the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile River?
This pharaoh was responsible for building the first pyramid.
Who was King Khufu?
A system of offices and officials that handle the business of government.
What is a bureaucracy?
This pharaoh grew the kingdom of Egypt through trade.
Who was Hatshepsut?
This is the name of the area to the west of Egypt.
What is the Western Desert?
What is the study of the structure of the body and its organs?
This is where the world's largest pyramid is located.
What is Giza?
This hard, white material made from elephant tusks was valuable to the Egyptians.
What is ivory?
This pharaoh reigned longer than any other pharaoh.
Who was Ramses II?
This is the ocean that lies to the east of the Arabian Peninsula.
What is the Indian Ocean?
Meroitic Script
What is one of the world's first alphabets created by the Kushites?
This is when pyramid-building ended.
When was about 2200 BCE?
Rain in Kush supported the growth of wood that could be burnt to smelt ore is the cause. This is the effect.
What is ironworking?