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

Dry, lifeless desert beyond the Nile

• Black Land

• Red Land

• Rosetta Stone

• sphinx

Series of rulers from the same family

• pharaoh

• dynasty

• noble

• delta

Period from 2700 to 2200 BC in Egyptian history that began shortly after Egypt was unified.

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Ancient Kingdom

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