Chapter 5 Ancient Egypt

Rapids along a river

• noble

• cataract

• ka

• obelisk

Area around the Nile covered with rich silt

• cataract

• pharaoh

• Red Land

• Black Land

Title used by Egyptian rulers

• pharaoh

• Ka

• dynasty

• obelisk

Series of rulers from the same family

• pharaoh

• dynasty

• noble

• delta

Rich and powerful person

• Ka

• obelisk

• noble

• afterlife

Huge triangular tomb built by the Egyptians

• delta

• Red Land

• Rosetta Stone

• pyramid

Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

• sphinx

• Rosetta Stone

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

Object inscribed with hieroglyphics that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing

• papyrus

• obelisk

• Rosetta Stone

• delta

Long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds that Egyptians used to write on

• obelisk

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

• delta

Triangle-shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river

• obelisk

• papyrus

• delta

• spinx