Old world, history, and geography fourth edition, abeka chapter 7
Joseph
A Hebrew, who had been sent to Egypt to be a slave, became a visier of Egypt also mentioned in the Bible
Shadoof
A long pole with a bucket tied on one end to dip water from the Nile
Scroll
A long roll of paper that we call a
Famine
A period of serious storage of food
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
Scribe
A secretary to the ruler, or 2 L in the army, the core or the temple
Queen Hatchepsut
Ancient Egypt's only woman pharaoh
Upper Egypt
Because it was an upstream away from the mouth of the Nile, which part of Egypt was this.
Sinai peninsula
Between the two fingers of the Red Sea is the
Red sea
East of Egypt is the
Gift of the Nile
Egypt has been called the
Ra
Egypt's sun god
Red land, black land
For this reason, ancient Egyptian called their land
King tut
His tomb is more famous than he is men who have studied him estimate that he became king when he was 10 years old
Valley of the kings
In a very rocky valley on the West Bank of the Nile river, near the city of famous, lies, the blank, the pharaohs who ruled between they used this valley as a cemetery
Flood season, planting season and harvest season
Name three seasons that the Egyptian's had
Hieroglyphics
Pictures actually stood for the objects pictures
Great Sphinx
The blank has the head of a man in the body, legs and paws of a lion. This monument is called.
Cat
The blank was considered, scarred and worshiped by the Egyptian's
Visier
The blank was in charge of everything
Cairo
The great pyramid is located near the modern city of
Nile river
The longest river in the world if Egypt did not have this river, it would be a desert
Great pyramid
The most famous and largest of the pyramids still standing today is the
Obelisks
These monuments were tall, pointed pillars, called blank to worship their sun God
Lower Egypt
This area was also known as red land in ancient days. The area around the Delta was very swampy with salt T lakes.
Palette
To hold their paints
White
What color clothes did most Egyptians wear?
Red crown
What color crown did the lower Egypt wear?
White crown
What color crown did the upper Egypt wear?
Great house
What does the word pharaoh mean?
Cataract
What is a large bed of rocks piled in the river that produces small waterfalls
Sahara desert
What is the largest desert in the world?
Israel, Egypt
What two places were on both sides of the Sinai peninsula?
Rosetta Stone
What was the key to unlocking the meaning of the ancient Egyptian language?
Sinai peninsula
What was the land bridge located on the western edge of the continent of Asia where it meets with the continent of Africa?
Akhenaton
Who is the first Egypt pharaoh
King Menes
Who is the first king that united lower and upper Egypt?
King Khufu
Who was the great pyramid built for?
To reflect The suns heat
Why did Egyptian's wear the color white?
Land bridge
You can see why some people referred this piece of land as a
