Geography
Rulers of Egypt
Beliefs and Mythology
Egyptian Culture
Vocabulary
100

Egypt is on this continent.

 Africa

100

This pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt.

It was Menes.

100

The belief in many gods and/or goddesses.

It is polytheism

100

Picture-like symbols

They are hieroglyphs

100

A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water.

It is a cataract.

200

This river flows north through Egypt.

 the Nile

200

This Egyptian queen ruled as a pharaoh.

It was Hatshepsut

200

The Great Pyramid was built in this city.

It is Giza

200

An early form of paper made from reeds.

It is papyrus.

200

A series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group.

It is a dynasty.

300

This is a plain at the mouth of a river.

IT is a delta

300

This pharaoh ruled Egypt after his stepmother, Hatshepsut.

It was Thutmose III

300

The ancient Egyptian god of the living and the dead.

It was Osiris

300

This stone helped to translate the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

It is the Rosetta Stone.

300

Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.

It is a regent.

400

In Nubia, these two rivers merge to form the Nile River.

It`s the Blue Nile and the White Nile

400

Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt until it was conquered by this civilization.

They were the Romans

400

The ancient Egyptian falcon god.

It was Horus

400

These people formed the largest social class in ancient Egypt.

They were the peasants.

400

An ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

It is Nubia.

500

This is fine soil found on river bottoms.

It is silt

500

This ancient pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922.

It was Tutankhamun (King Tut)

500

Mummification was part of the process of preparing the pharaoh's soul for the ___.

It is afterlife

500

The Egyptians figured out the calendar year contains this many days.

It is 365 days

500

Complete power over someone or something.

It is absolute power.