Ancient Egypt
Narmer was originally the king of this part of Egypt.
What is UPPER EGYPT?
Waterfalls or rapids in a river.
What are CATARACTS?
This is a bucket-lifter used to lift water out of the Nile River.
What is a SHADOUF?
The Nile River is about this many miles long.
What is about 4,000 MILES LONG?
This is the year that farming villages developed along the Nile.
What is 5,000 B.C.?
Picture writing used by Ancient Egyptians.
What is HIEROGLYPHICS?
Land where the Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea. It is marshy and fertile.
What is a DELTA?
A line of rulers from one family.
Who is a DYNASTY?
This ruler changed their religion from polytheism to monotheism.
Who is AKHENATEN?
These are tombs built to protect the pharaoh and his belongings from flood, wild animals, and robbers.
What is PYRAMIDS?
He was the youngest pharaoh to take the throne.
Who is KING TUT?
This is the sea that the Nile river empties into.
What is the MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
He was thought to be the son of Re (or Ra). The title means "The Great House."
Who is the PHARAOH?
Who is HAPI?
This is the belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is POLYTHEISM?
This plant was used to make paper in Ancient Egypt.
What is PAPYRUS?
This starts in the mountains in the south and runs north to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is THE NILE RIVER?
Supplying water to crops by means of pipes or canals.
What is IRRIGATION?
He is the god of the underworld.
Who is OSIRIS?
This is what the abbreviation A.D. stands for.
What is ANNO DOMINI?
This kingdom of Egypt was in the south.
What is UPPER EGYPT?
Ancient Egypt is located on this continent.
What is AFRICA?
Bits of rock and fertile soil that is carried and deposited by the river.
What is SILT?
He was the Ancient Egyptian sun god.
Who is Ra, Re, or Mr. Ray?
What is MUMMIFICATION?