Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Finish that Sentence!
Finish that Sentence!
HARD
100
The ruler of Egypt whose authority comes from the Gods/God.
What is Pharaoh?
100
The class of the construction crew who built the pyramids.
What are farmers?
100
The Nile River is on the continent of _____________________.
What is Africa?
100
Trade was made easier because people used ______________________________ to get from place to place along the Nile.
What are boats?
100
To flood.
What is inundation?
200
When the government has only one ruler.
What is Monarchy?
200
A government or religious official who knew how to write
What is scribe?
200
The Nile River Delta flows into the _____________________.
What is The Mediterranean Sea?
200
Mineral-rich _____________________ deposits and irrigation technology made farming in ancient Egypt very productive
What is silt?
200
An ancient device used to measure the height of the Nile.
What is Nilometer?
300
The earliest form of paper.
What is papyrus?
300
The watering of land by means of pipes and canals.
What is irrigation?
300
The Pharaoh’s chief of staff, also known as a ______________________________, helped the Pharaoh rule by collecting taxes.
What is Vizier?
300
A ______________________________is a centralized society that depends on a stable food supply and division of labor.
What is civilization?
300
When power is passed down through the family from parent to child.
What is Dynasty?
400
Written on pyramid walls and papyrus.
What is Hieroglyphics?
400
The joining of separate parts into one.
What is unification?
400
The Nile River Valley was important to the ancient world because of its supply of ______________________________.
What is wheat?
400
Ancient Egyptian farmers, traders, and merchants produced enough goods to create a _____________________, which allowed for successful trade to develop along the Nile.
What is surplus?
400
The sea to the East of the Nile River.
What is the Red Sea?
500
Words or ideas represented through drawings and images.
What is Pictogram?
500
A symbol from ancient Egypt.
What is the Eye of Ra?
500
Ancient Farmers’ understanding of the yearly ______________________________ led to the creation of the Egyptian calendar and made community life in Egypt possible.
What are floods?
500
Where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River Delta (Delta)?
500
The Egyptians believed that the mummified body was the home of the soul or spirit and must be preserved; if the body was destroyed, the spirit might be lost.
What are Egyptian religious beliefs?
What are Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife?