Ancient Egypt

Dangerous, rocky, fast moving water.

• Papyrus

• Cataract

• Delta

• Dynasty

A line of rulers from one family.

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

• Dynasty

• Delta

A reed plant used to make paper.

• Hieroglyphics

• Cataract

• Dynasty

• Papyrus

A fan-shaped area of fertile marshland formed where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea

• Delta

• Dynasty

• Cataract

• Papyrus

The Egyptian writing system that uses thousands of picture symbols representing objects and ideas.

• Cataract

• Delta

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile’s yearly spring flooding?

• They became successful farmers.

• They created hieroglyphics.

• They grew papyrus.

• They irrigated during the dry season.

To learn how to obtain life after death, the Egyptians studied the.

• Book of Life After Death.

• Book of Prayers.

• Book of Spells.

• Book of the Dead.

During the Middle Kingdom, Egypt conquered new territories, the pharaohs made many improvements, and

• a civil war divided Egypt.

• many pyramids were built.

• Memphis became the capital.

• the arts flourished.

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was

• creating a dummy stuffed with straw.

• the act of embalming.

• surveying the pyramid.

• removing only the eyes.

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a

• delta.

• dynasty.

• reign.

• scimitar.