To water their crops, Egypt's farmers used this form of technology.
What is irrigation?
100
This defeat began the period in Egyptian history called the New Kingdom.
What is the defeat of the Hyksos?
200
The length of the Nile River.
What is 4000 miles?
200
This pharaoh ordered construction of the Great Pyramid in 2600 BC.
Who is Khufu?
200
The distance of 20 inches
What is a cubit?
200
Following the unification of the two kingdoms, Menes was the first one of these.
What is a pharaoh?
200
This pharaoh battled the Hyksos with the help of weapons and chariots copied from the Hyksos and succeeded in taking back the delta.
Who is Pharaoh Ahmose?
300
This is where the Nile River empties.
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
300
This pharaoh expanded Egyptian trade well beyond the boundaries of the Egyptian empire.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
This was used to measure the yearly level of the Nile Flood.
What is a Nilometer?
300
The area governors reported to the pharaoh's headquarters in this place, Egypt's capital city at the time.
What is Memphis?
300
During the New Kingdom period, Egypt became this.
What is an empire?
400
The direction the Nile River flows.
What is North?
400
This pharaoh died at the age of 19.
Who is King Tut?
400
Egyptian process of preserving a dead body.
What is mummification?
400
Egypt's economy was based on this, since farmers produced a surplus of food.
What is agriculture?
400
During the New Kingdom, Egypt's most important trading partner lay to the south. When the pharaoh's armies conquered Nubia, they also gained control of this ancient and wealthy kingdom.
What is Kush?
500
A very fertile, flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a delta?
500
The formal name of King Tut.
What is Tutankhamun?
500
Paper that scribes created.
What is papyrus?
500
This system of writing fell out of use in 400 AD.
What is hieroglyphics?
500
This is an herb used to make tea and to calm upset stomachs by Egyptian "doctors."