This river is the longest in the world. It is around 4,000 miles long.
What is the Nile River?
100
Ancient Egyptians studied this book to obtain life after death.
What is Book of the Dead?
100
This period in Egypt was one of stability, prosperity, and achievement.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
100
Historians believe that Nubian people came from the African savannas which are south of this desert.
What is the Sahara?
100
These are wild rapids found on the Nile River.
What is cataracts?
200
Egypt's social classes form this shape, because the lowest classes are on the bottom with the most people, and the upper classes are on the top with fewer people.
What is a pyramid?
200
This specialized field first occurred in Ancient Egypt.
What is medicine?
200
This person ruled when the New Kingdom began?
What is Ahmose?
200
This Nubian kingdom was formed when the stronger villages overtook weaker ones.
What is Kerma?
200
This word means a line of rulers from one family.
What is a dynasty?
300
This is the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.
What is a dynasty?
300
These were used to place the heavy stone blocks when building the pyramids.
What is ramps?
300
This ruler avoided military conquests and expanded Egypt's economy.
What is Hatshepsut?
300
Napata was a favorable location for trade for this reason.
What is Trade caravans crossed the upper Nile there?
300
This word means a mountain-like stone structure used as a tomb.
What is a pyramid?
400
A reed plant used to make sandals, baskets, river rafts, and paper.
What is papyrus?
400
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for this person.
What is King Khufu?
400
This Egyptian ruler built many new temples during the New Kingdom period.
What is Ramses II?
400
The kingdom of Kush was a great trading power for this many years.
What is 600 years?
400
This Egyptian Queen ruled from 1503 B.C. to 1482 B.C.
What is Hatshepsut?
500
The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
500
A body wrapped in long strips of linen.
What is a mummy?
500
This is the main reason that the Egyptian empire declined and fell.
What is being attacked by people with stronger weapons?
500
This region later became known as Kush.
What is Nubia?
500
This is the first city from which the first Kushite kings ruled.