The Nile River
River rapids
What are cataracts?
The type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.
What is a dynasty?
built pyramids on the summer when the Nile was flooded
What are farmers?
The religious leader
Who is pharaoh?
Egypt was attacked by neighbors
What was the decline and fall of Egypt?
protects Egyptian's from invaders
What are marshy delta, cataracts, desert?
The effect of increased farming and trade
an organized government developed
once the tallest structure in the world
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza?
a body tightly wrapped with long strips of linen
What is a mummy?
conquered Egypt in 750 B.C.
What is Kush?
farmers used__________ to calculate land boundaries as a result of the Nile's flooding
geometry
Old kingdom capital
What is Memphis?
developed while building pyramids
What is a 365 day calendar with 12 months?
The sun god
Who is Re/Ra?
The capital of Kush
What is Napata?
The Egyptians became successful farmers because of this
What is the Nile's yearly spring flooding?
An Egyptian king
What is a Pharaoh?
Purpose of pyramids
What are tombs to protect pharoaohs?
Protected bodies for the afterlife
What is embalming?
independent kingdom formed by Nubians
What is Kush?
The Nile has been called the "lifeblood of Egypt" because it's valley and delta provide this.
What are water and fertile soil for farming?
A government in which the same person is both the religious and political leader
What is a theocracy?
Buried with pharoahs to use in the afterlife
What are personal belongings?
(may name specific belongings)
the god of the dead
Who is Anubis?
This king invaded Egypt about 750 B.C.
Who is Kashta?