| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Silt | Clay, bits of black soil and rock ; makes soil rich |
| Delta | Land made by deposits of silt, sand and small stones at the mouth of a river |
| Economy | The use of workers and resources to produce goods |
| Irrigation | The watering of dry land by the means of streams, canals and pipes |
| Nile River Valley | A small ribbon of fertile land in the North African Desert; gets fertility from the Nile River |
| Upper Egypt | Is in the south because the Nile flows south to north |
| Lower Egypt | Is in the north, because the Nile flows south to north |
| Pharaoh | Egypt's supreme ruler, means "great palace," were worshipped as a god |
| Pyramids | Tombs in which the pharaoh are buried |
| Empire | A group of lands and people under one government |
| Menes | Swept into Lower Egypt and united the two kingdoms |
| Khufu | Ordered the Great Pyramid, used 100,000 workers, 20 years to make |
| Hatshepsut | First women ruler in history, helped Egypt greatly by sending traders to acquire ivory, gold and spices |
| Tutankhamen | Began rule at age 9 (1352 BC) , ended at 19 (1362 BC) when he died, tomb was founded by Howard Carter |
| Memphis | Capital for King Menes, built palace there and located where the "stalk" meets the "blossom." |
| Thebes | New capital of Egypt, after the Hyksos were pushed out |
| Valley of the Kings | Many pharaohs and other rulers were buried here, entrances were sealed of hidden for protection |
| Hieroglyphics | Pictures of signs of the Ancient Egyptians,also their system of writing, began around 3000 BC |
| Papyrus | Paper made from reeds growing along the Nile |
| Scribes | People who received training to write hieroglyphics |
| Rosetta Stone | Carvings of hieroglyphics, Late Egyptian and Greek which was a key to hieroglyphics; founded by a French Engineer named Busard |
| Slavery | The practice of one person owning another |
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