Geography
Pharaohs
Vocabulary Words
Mummification and preparation of the afterlife
The Old, Middle and New Kingdoms
100

These helped protect the Egyptians from invaders.

Cataracts and deserts

100

Who was the most well-known female pharaoh

Who is Hatshepsut

100

Title of an ancient ruler

What is a pharaoh

100

This is the first step of mummification

What is washing the body with Nile River water? 

100

These people invaded, leading to the decline of Egypt

Who are the Sea Peoples?

200

Upper Egypt is located here on a map

What is the south

200

He built the largest pyramid

Who is Khufu

200

Waterfalls or rapids on a river

What are cataracts

200

After the pyramids were raided, the pharaohs were buried here. 

What is the Valley of the Kings? 

200

These were built during the Old Kingdom and were one of the greatest achievements

What are pyramids

300

Egypt was located on this river.

What is the Nile

300

He transformed the Egyptian religion from a polytheistic to a monotheistic system. 

Who is Akhenaten 

300

A series of rulers from the same family

What is a dynasty

300

This the final step of mummification

What is praying over the body?

300

The New Kingdom was known for this

What are expansion, wealth, and strong pharaohs

400

One way the Nile helped the Egyptians grow crops.

What is providing fertile soil and irrigation each year

400

His tomb was found untouched

Who is King Tut

400

a triangular area of land made at the mouth of a river by soil

What is a delta

400
This organ was discarded because it was deemed unimportant.

What is the brain?

400
He united Egypt during the Old Kingdom

Who is Menes/Narmer

500

What way was the Nile River was different from the rivers in Mesopotamia 

What is predictable flooding?

500

He signed the first peace treaty the Treaty of Kadesh

Who is Ramses II

500

a huge triangular structure built by the Egyptians for a pharaoh

What is a pyramid

500

These were put on the body during the 7th step.


What are amulets

500

The people who invaded Egypt around 1750 BCE

Who are the Hyksos