Menes was the 1st pharaoh to wear the double crown which symbolized this
What is the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?
100
Egypt became an empire because powerful pharaohs did this
What is conquer nearby lands?
100
Nubia is located here (in relation to Egypt)
What is south of Egypt?
100
These large rocks prevented travel down some parts of the Nile River
What are cataracts?
200
The Nile floods deposited this on the land to make it fertile
What is silt?
200
Ancient Egyptians did not use money, they traded goods and services, which is also known as
What is bartering?
200
These invaders from Asia conquered and ruled lower Egypt for 100 years
Who are the Hyksos?
200
Kush is located here
What is Upper Nubia
200
This is a special staircase used to measure the height of floodwaters
What is a Nilometer?
300
This term is used to describe the fan or triangle shaped, flat, fertile land, where the Nile empties into Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile Delta?
300
Ancient Egyptians created mummies because they believed this
What is they would need their bodies in the afterlife?
300
She was the first female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
Egypt controlled Nubia for 550 years until this king drove the Egyptians out and conquered all of the land
Who is King Piye?
300
This is the name for the world's first paper
What is papyrus?
400
Ancient Egypt was divided into two main regions because of the direction in which the Nile flows..._________ Egypt in located in the North and ___________ Egypt is located in the South.
What is Lower and Upper?
400
Jean Champollion is important because he was able to
What is decode hieroglyphics?
400
During its peak, the Ancient Egyptians traded with people from these places (name at least 2)
What is Nubia, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Asia?
400
Kush was wealthy for these 3 reasons
What is it was a major trade center, rich in minerals, and good for farming?
400
This group of invaders were the last to conquer the area of Egypt and Nubia
Who are the Assyrians?
500
Egyptians used this piece of technology to transport river water into their irrigation canals
What is a shadoof?
500
The Great Pyramid at Giza was built for this pharaoh and took 22 years to complete
Who is Khufu?
500
Ancient Egyptians are known for their wealth of knowledge in the following four areas
What are medicine, math, engineering, and astronomy?
500
The social pyramid in order from the highest point to lowest is
What is the pharaoh, priests & soldiers, merchants artisans & farmers, and enslaved people?
500
An economy is defined as this
What is the way a country managed its resources to produce goods and services?