Geography
The continent Ancient Egypt (and Egypt today) is located on
What is Africa?
The writing system used in Ancient Egypt; they're terrific!
What are hieroglyphics?
A king or ruler of Ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
A group of lands and people ruled by one government; New York is the ________ state!
What is an empire?
This plant was used to make paper in Ancient Egpyt
What is papyrus?
This large river was very important to Ancient Egypt
What is the Nile River?
To join separate parts into one; sounds like a club some of you are in!
What is unification?
This pharaoh ordered the Great Pyramids to be built
Who is Khufu?
This time period is when Egypt became divided
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This time period is when life in Egypt was based on the Nile River and agriculture
What is the Old Kingdom?
Ancient Egypt was split into these two regions; don't they seem a little upside down?
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
The triangle-shaped land where a river enters the sea; looks a lot like a triangle!
What is a delta?
This pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes?
Soldiers brought this to Ancient Egypt from other lands
What is treasure?
People with the special job were the only ones to learn to read and write
What are scribes?
The climate in Egypt
What is hot and dry?
Land that can grow crops; the ________ crescent
What is fertile?
This was the capital city of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom
What is Memphis?
This is when Egypt became rich and powerful
What is the New Kingdom?
This was inside the pyramids and was the reason they were built
What are tombs?
This special feature is large, sandy and located all across northern Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
The way people manage money and resources
Another word for farming; extremely important to life in the Old Kingdom!
What is agriculture?
What are war and trade?
The reason why pharaohs had treasure, food, furniture and other things buried with them
What is to bring them to the afterlife?