Abeka History 5 ch.7 (pg.105-113)

3 Egyptian seasons

1. Flood Season (June-September) 2. Planting Season (October-February) 3.Harvest Season (March-May)

cataract

A large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfalls

Delta

A piece of land that has slowly built up over the years by the deposit of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river

Pharaoh

A ruler of ancient Egypt that means "great house"

Thebes

An ancient city in Upper Egypt that became the capital of the New Kingdom

Red Land, Black Land

Because the fertile land in Egypt ends so abruptly, what did the ancient Egyptians call their land?

Red Sea

Body of water east of Egypt

Israel and Eygpt

Each on one side of the Sinai Peninsula

Gift of the Nike

Egypt

Mizraim

Ham's son who settled in Egypt

Pyramids

Huge structures for the burial of the rulers

Sahara Desert

Largest desert in the world

King of Upper and Lower Egypt

Menes

Cairo

Modern city where the Great Pyramid is located

Great Sphinx

Monument with a human head and lion body.

Vizier

Next to the king. Was called the "Overseer of All Works of the King"

Sinai Peninsula

Piece of land between the two fingers of the Red Sea

mummified

Preserved with chemicals (a king's dead body)

land bridge

Sinai Peninsula is the land bridge between Africa and Asia

Memphis

The capital of Ancient Egypt

Lower Egypt

The delta area. It is also known as "Red Land"

Akhenaton

The first to take the title of pharaoh

Mummies

Were placed inside large costly tombs

Shadoof

a long pole with a bucket tied on one end to dip water from the Nile

famine

a period of serious shortage of food

Queen Hatshepsut

ancient Egypt's only woman pharaoh

King Khufu

ancient Egyptian king for whom the Great Pyramid was built

Joseph

became a vizier of Egypt

Nile River

longest river in the world

Great Pyramid

most famous and largest of the pyramids still standing today

Red Crown

the crown of Lower Egypt

White Crown

the crown of Upper Egypt

Upper Egypt

the southern part of ancient Egypt where the Nile River is located. It was called Upper Egypt because it was upstream from the mouth of the Nile.