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Key terms
The River Nile
Egyptian History
Pharaohs, Religion, and Afterlife
Nubia and Egypt
100
The title of the Egyptian ruler.
What is a pharaoh?
100
Formed by the annual flooding of the Nile River.
What is rich fertile farmland?
100
City where the pyramids are located.
What is Giza?
100
What allowed Pharaohs to control everything in their kingdom.
What is absolute power?
100
These protected Egypt from foreign attacks.
What are deserts?
200
Rulers from the same ethnic group or family ruling in a consecutive line.
What is a dynasty?
200
Ancient Egypt would not have existed without this.
What is the Nile River?
200
These people used the stars to predict natural events.
What are astronomers?
200
The sun god.
What is Re?
200
This kingdom was located south of Egypt.
What is Nubia?
300
A building with four triangular sides used as a tomb for an Egyptian ruler.
What is a pyramid?
300
The area of fertile soil located where the Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River delta?
300
Made up the largest social class.
What are peasants?
300
Made up the smallest social class.
What is the pharaoh?
300
The Nubians took these over with their iron weapons and became wealthy.
What are trade routes?
400
An early form of paper.
What is papyrus?
400
The direction the Nile River flows.
What is south to north?
400
Ancient Egypt society was divided into these.
What are social classes?
400
The bodies of their dead were turned into these so that the person's spirit would be able to recognize their body when they return.
What is a mummy?
400
One of the Nubian capitols.
What is Meroe?
500
A strong flood or area of rapids on the Nile river.
What is a cataract?
500
When farming communities first became established in Egypt and Nubia.
What is 5000 B.C.?
500
This kingdom was weakened when the governors challenged the pharaoh.
What is the Old Kingdom?
500
Helped the people of Egypt to understand natural events such as flooding.
What is religion?
500
Used by Nubians to make weapons.
What is iron?