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Egypt (Jewell)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fertile land changed into desert is | desertification |
| the people starteed to move into the valley of the | nile river |
| a region in northeastern africa | egypt |
| an ancient region in the nile river valley | nubia |
| rock-filled rapids | cataracts |
| the nile river divides into several branches in the shape of a triangle | delta |
| the nile river is the worlds _______ river | longest |
| the nile was known as the | giver of life |
| the egyptians began to track the flooding of the nile with one of the oldest known | calendars |
| the _____ helped protect egypt and nubia from foreign attacks | desert |
| Pharoah | the title used by the kings of egypt |
| a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group | dynasty |
| by about ____ during the old kingdom, upper and lower egypt had each became a single kingdom | 3100 B.C |
| the two kingdoms fought with each other for power and control until the two lands were united under king | narmer or menes |
| he founded the capital city of ______ near where the delta and the valley joined | memphis |
| part of ancient egypts history can be divided into three main time periods known as: | old kingdom, middle kingdom, and new kingdom |
| during the old kingdom the ____ was built by king khufu | great pyramid |
| during the new kingdom queen ____ rules. | hatshepsut |
| someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule | regent |
| life after death | afterlife |
| Amon-re | the sun god |
| a preserved body of a dead person | mummy |
| pyramids | huge buildings with four sloping triangle-shaped sides |
| the great pyramid was built in the ancient city of | giza |
| in ancient egypt ideas were written down in picture-like symbols called | hieroglyphs |
| an early form of paper made from a reed found in the marshy areas of the nile delta | papyrus |
| scientists who study the stars and other objects in the sky | astronomers |