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Geography
Vocabulary
The Middle Kingdom
The Old Kingdom
The New Kingdom
100
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
100
These are strong rapids.
What are cataracts?
100
This powerful pharaoh restored order and stability during this period.
Who was Mentuhotep II?
100
The most famous pharaoh of the Old Kingdom?
Who was Khufu?
100
Egypt's trade expanded along with its empire. Profitable _____ _____, or paths followed by traders, developed.
What are trade routes?
200
The northern region and the southern region make up this location.
What is Ancient Egypt?
200
This is a triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river.
What is a delta?
200
The group from southwest Asia that invaded Egypt in the mid-1700s B.C.
Who were the Hyksos?
200
Pharaohs, nobles, scribes and craftspeople, farmers, servants, and slaves.
What is the Egyptian social hierarchy?
200
Who dressed like a man and called herself a king?
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
300
This "ingredient" from the Nile made the soil ideal for farming.
What is silt?
300
The title used by the rulers of Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
300
Who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt?
Who was Ahmose of Thebes?
300
Designs from the culture of these people were found on Egyptian pottery.
Who are the Sumerians?
300
This pharaoh's reign was the longest in Egyptian history.
Who was Ramses the Great?
400
Without the gift of flooding that provided rich soil for crops, civilization could not have developed in Egypt.
What is why was Egypt called the gift of the Nile?
400
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
400
When the Old Kingdom fell, how long did Egypt exist without a central ruler?
What is 160 years?
400
Much of Egyptian religion focused on this.
What is the afterlife?
400
This jog employed most people in ancient Egypt.
What is farming?
500
People from rich and powerful families.
What are nobles?
500
One reason that the wealth of the pharaohs declined.
What is building pyramids cost a lot of money? or What is the pharaohs could not collect enough taxes to keep up with expenses?
500
This method for burial was only allowed for the elite, or people of wealth and power.
What is mummification?
500
They had the right to own property, make contracts, and seek a divorce.
Who are women?