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An ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
What is Nubia?
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A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water.
What is a cataract?
100
A plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water.
What is a delta?
100
Fine soil found on river bottoms.
What is silt?
100
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt.
What is a pharoah?
200
A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.
What is a dynasty?
200
To have complete control over someone or something.
What is absolute power?
200
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.
What is a regent?
200
A life after death.
What is afterlife?
200
A dead body preserved in lifelike condition.
What is a mummy?
300
A huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides; built as royal tombs in Egypt.
What is a pyramid?
300
An ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid.
What is Giza?
300
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds.
What are hieroglyphs?
300
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; the plant used to make this paper.
What is papyrus?
300
A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.
What is an astronomer?
400
A mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals.
What is ore?
400
The region of ancient Nubia between the first and second Nile cataracts.
What is Lower Nubia?
400
The region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts.
What is Upper Nubia?
400
A worker who is skilled in crafting goods by hand.
What is an artisan?
400
Why is the Nile River important to the lives of the ancient Egyptians?
-rich, fertile soil -food -transportation -trade routes
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How did religion affect the lives of the ancient Egyptians?
-believed everything in nature could be explained by Gods and Goddesses
500
What was the greatest achievement of Pharaoh Menes?
He united lower and upper Egypt.
500
Because Egypt civilization was located on the banks of the Nile River, Egypt had what?
What is rich farmland?
500
Around 6000 BC, what appeared in Nubia?
What are hunting and fishing communities?
500
Ancient Egyptian astronomers studied the stars to predict this...
What is the flooding of Nile River?