1. Ancient Egypt: Vocabulary Study Guide

2. a country in northeastern Africa
Egypt
a country in northeastern Africa

3. The Nile River longest river in the world Nile River delta
a delta is a triangular-shaped area of soil at the mouth of a river

4. a lower elevation of fertile land found by the Nile River
The Nile River Valley
a lower elevation of fertile land found by the Nile River

5. Lower and Upper Egypt Lower Egypt = northern part of Egypt
Memphis was an important city on the Nile near the delta.
Upper Egypt = region in Egypt south of the Nile delta

6. silt is a mixture of soil, bits of clay, and small rocks

7. a plant whose stems are used to make a kind of paper
Papyrus
a plant whose stems are used to make a kind of paper

8. waterfalls found along the Nile River
Cataracts
waterfalls found along the Nile River

9. economy = how people use and manage their resources

10. a form of writing based on pictures
Hieroglyphics
a form of writing based on pictures

11. Rosetta Stone
Scholars learned the meaning of hieroglyphics by studying the Rosetta Stone.

12. burial places for kings
Pyramids
huge stone structures
burial places for kings

13. Giza and Khufu
Giza is the city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located
Khufu was the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid

14. A mummy is a preserved body.
Mummies
A mummy is a preserved body.

15. Pharaoh = Egyptian ruler (worshipped as a god-king)

16. King Menes— he unified Upper and Lower Egypt
Unify means to unite into one.

17. Manetho a priest and an advisor who began to keep records
Manetho divided the kings into different dynasties

18. Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut was the daughter of a pharaoh who became a ruler of Egypt. She claimed that Ra was her real father.

19. a kingdom south of Egypt Nubia is now known as Sudan

20. Kush Kush was a kingdom of Nubia
Amanirenas was Queen of Kushites (she led Kush into battle)

21. independent
to be free

22. Akhenaten
Egyptian ruler who changed his name from Amenhotep IV and called for the worship of one god, Aton

23. Meroe
a capital city of Nubia

24. the capital of the African kingdom of Kush
Napata
the capital of the African kingdom of Kush

25. Thutmose III
New Kingdom pharaoh who conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its power

26. King of Kush who conquered Upper Egypt
Kashta
King of Kush who conquered Upper Egypt

27. Piankhi
son of Kashta
he conquered
the rest of Egypt