History Chapter 7 EGYPT Flashcards
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__________are rock beds piled high in a river creating small waterfalls.
Cataracts
________is the Bible character who became a vizier.
JOSEPH
The head of a man; body, feet, legs, of a lion
SPHINX
The Egyptians used ________ for irrigation.
Shadoof
Papyrus was the worlds first _______.
Paper
A time of serious food shortage.
FAMINE
What were Egyptian kings called?
PHARAOHS
_________ is the ancient Egyptian writing that used pictures
HIEROGLYPHICS
The largest stone structure build as a tomb for King Khufu
THE GREAT PYRAMID
A tall pillar representing the sun God
Obelisk
The sun God was?
Ra
What is another name of Egypt?
The Gift of the Nile
_______was the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing
The Rosetta Stone
The buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river
Delta
The King who united upper and lower Egypt
King Menes
Low land between hills or mountains is called?
Valley
The longest river in the world?
The NIle
This desert covers most of Egypt?
The Sahara
The first Pharaoh?
Akhenaton
A body that is wrapped and preserved for eternal life is called a ________.
Mummy
The highland plain is called a _________.
Plateau
The only woman pharaoh in Ancient Egypt was?
Hatshepsut
The tomb of ________revealed a lot about Egypt
King Tutankahaman
A flat area of land is called a ________.
plain
