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Vocabulary
Nile River Valley
Geography
Rulers
Culture & Achievements
100
line of rulers from one family
What is dynasty
100
longest river in the world
What is the Nile River
100
largest desert in the world
What is the Sahara
100
discovered his tomb in 1922 in the Valley of Kings
Who is Tutenkhamen
100
Egyptian writing that uses thousands of pictures and symbols
What is hieroglyphics
200
process to preserve the body from decaying
What is embalming
200
T or F The Nile River Valley people called themselves Egyptians
What is False
200
flower-like feature that is formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea
What is delta
200
built the Great Pyramid at Giza
Who is Khufu
200
Egypt civilization was the first to have specialists in this field
What is medicine
300
wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs
What are cataracts
300
Two kingdoms of the ancient Nile River Valley
What are the Upper and Lower Kingdoms
300
location of the Great Pyramid
What is Giza
300
woman pharaoh who concentrated on trade
Who is Hatshepsut
300
collection of spells and prayers to help obtain the afterlife
What is 'The Book of the Dead'
400
reed plant used in paper making
What is papyrus
400
THREE crops that he ancient Egyptians grew
What are flax, wheat, and barley
400
body of water north of Egypt and the Nile River
What is the Mediterranean Sea
400
greatest of New Kingdom pharaohs
Who is Ramses II
400
THREE things that the ancient Egyptians traded
What are tools, iron weapons, ivory, gold, incense
500
Egyptian name for 'Black Lands'
What is Kemet
500
TWO words that describe the Nile River
What is dependable, gentle, predictable, gift
500
capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom
What is Memphis
500
King who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Who is Ahmose
500
Because of pyramid building, the Egyptians came up with two very important inventions. ONE is based on the numbers 365 and 12. ONE is based on 10.
What is the calendar What is the system of written numbers based on 10