The Nile River
The Nile River is the world’s longest river, flowing about how many miles?
4160
The Nile runs through what major desert?
Sahara
Which king united Upper and Lower Egypt around 3100 BCE?
Narmer/ Menes
Egyptian writing used what symbols?
Hieroglyphics
The Old Kingdom is known as the Age of the _______.
Pyramids
The land at the Nile’s mouth is called ______ Egypt.
Lower Egypt
The higher land south of the delta was called ______ Egypt.
Upper Egypt
Egypt’s unification created the world’s first what?
Nation-State
Egyptians wrote on a paper-like material called what?
Papyrus
Which king built the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Khufu
A triangular area of rich soil at a river’s mouth is called a ______.
Delta
Egyptians used canals and ditches to create what system to control flooding.
Irrigation Systems
The title taken by New Kingdom rulers, meaning “great house,” was what?
Pharaoh
What stone helped scholars decode hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
Which dynasty marked the high point of the Middle Kingdom?
Dynasty 12
What did the yearly flooding deposit that made the soil fertile?
Silt
What did leaders have to provide to maintain their authority over the people?
water
What event caused the Old Kingdom to collapse?
Civil War
What was the salt used in mummification called?
Natron
Queen _______ was one of the few female pharaohs.
Hatshepsut
Ancient Egyptians called the Nile the “______ of Life.”
Gift
Large rock formations in Nubia that made travel difficult were called what?
cataracts
The new Kushite capital, built in 591 BCE, was called what?
Meroe
Egyptian religious beliefs came from stories about gods controlling what?
nature
Ramses ______, also known as Ramses the Great, ruled Egypt for 65 years.
Ramses 2