Egypt 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pharaoh | an Egyptian king |
| Upper Egypt | southern region; white crown; Lake Victoria; floods in summer |
| Narmer | from Upper Egypt; unified Egypt; wore double crown; made Memphis capital |
| 4000 | How many miles was the Nile River |
| south to north | How does the Nile travel? |
| blue and white | What two colors are the Nile named? |
| 12 | How many miles wide is the widest part of the Nile? |
| 1 | How many miles wide is the narrowest part of the Nile? |
| 125 | How many miles does the Nile Delta span? |
| 1 | How many times did the Nile flood a year? |
| silt | rich soil |
| 750 | How many miles did the Egyptians live along? |
| 2/3 | How much of the farming was done in the Nile Delta? |
| savannah | 12,000 years ago, what was the area along the Nile made of? |
| 6 | How many cataracts along the "nose" of the Nile? |
| food trade protection | What does the Nile provide? |
| silt | What is called black land? |
| sand | What is called red land? |
| desert | What was west of Egypt? |
| red sea and desert | What was east of Egypt? |
| Mediterranean Sea | What was north of Egypt? |
| melting snow | What caused the Nile to flood every spring? |
| silt | What did the river leave behind when the river receded? |
| shadoof | bucket attatched to a long pole to lift water from the Nile to the crops |
| flax seed wheat barley | What did the Egyptians grow |
| papyrus | reed that grows along the Nile |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing |
| scribes | Who could read and write hieroglyphics? |
| greek demotics hieroglyphics | What three languages were on the Rosetta stone? |
| dads | Who was responsible for the household? |
| north | Which way was lower Egypt? |
| fall | When did Lower Egypt flood? |
| summer | When did Upper Egypt flood? |
| red | What color crown did Lower Egypt wear? |
| Upper Egypt | Where did Narmer come from? |
| Memphis | What city did Narmer make the capital? |
| hippo bite | How did Narmer die? |
| 31 | How many dynasties were there? |
| dynasty | ruling power went to father and son to grandson |
| Pharaohs | What was the first social class? |
| government officials | What was the second social class? |
| artisans | What was the third social class? |
| farmers | What was the fourth social class? |
| unskilled workers | What was the fifth social class? |
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