Ancient Egypt: Geography
This river was the major river of ancient Egypt...
what is the Nile River
The definition of Silt....
what is a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river?
In 3,100 BC/BCE, these people united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who are the Meses?
Egypt’s economy is based on...
What is agriculture?
A system of writing was developed to help keep track of this..
What are business transactions, such as taxes?
This continent was where ancient Egypt was located
What is Africa?
The definition of delta...
what is very fertile, flat land made of silt, left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water?
These were the three periods of time in Ancient Egypt’s history
What are The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The New Kingdom?
No money was used in Ancient Egypt so this took place...
What is bartering?
The writing system is called this...
What are hieroglyphics?
The Nile River is really two rivers: the _____ Nile and the _____ Nile.
What is the White Nile and the Blue Nile?
The definition of Irrigation..
what is the watering of land by means of canals or pipes?
Under the Pharaohs, there were powerful area governors who did these jobs...
What are collecting taxes, served as judges, and regulated the usage of flood waters?
Craftsmen were paid in this for their time
What are food and clothes?
It was a system of 800 symbols or signs representing this..
What was objects or sounds?
As the Nile River flows north, it carries this with it
what is silt?
They believed the Pharaoh was a child of this sun god
Who is Ra?
Area governors reported directly to the Pharaoh in the capital city of _____ (near the present-day city of ____).
What are Memphis and Cairo?
Since the _____ all things belonged to him/her.
what is a Pharaoh that was concidered a god?
Scribes were writers who traveled around and kept this..
What are very detailed records?
The Nile River flows through a vast desert, but every year it floods through these months making the Nile River Valley lush and green.
What are July through October?
This god was the goddess that protected the people from sickness and harm.
Who is Isis?
As the leader of the now united Egypt, Menes became the first...
What is a pharaoh?
He/She was the center of Egypt’s....
What is Economy?
Scribes were few in number and were....
What is well-respected?