6th Grade - Chapter 3 - Ancient Egypt and Nubia

The capital of the African kingdom of Kush

The region of Egypt that surrounds the Nile Delta

A preserved dead body

A village built for workers at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt

A large stone building to serve as a house for the dead

New Kingdom Pharaoh who conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of power.

A legendary ancient Egyptian King who is credited with writing Lower and Upper Egypt

Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great pyramid at Giza was built.

A _______ is a triangular shaped area at the mouth of some rivers

How is the land of Nubia different from the land of Egypt?

This is a plant whose stems are used to make a kind of paper

This is mixture of soil and small rocks.

This is the way people use and manage resources

A Nubian Kingdom freed from Egypt in 1650 BC

A god-king in ancient Egypt

Queen of Kush who led military expeditions and built monuments

Queen of Ancient Egypt who proclaimed herself pharaoh and ruled during the New Kingdom

When did the Egyptians determine that the Nile would flood?

What did Egyptian farmers do while the Nile was flooding their fields?

Egyptian priest and advisor who began keeping records of the ancient Egyptian kings

A stone on which a passage was written in three languages

A large ancient African kingdom to the south of Egypt

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

A great city in Egypt where the "Great Pyramids" are located

Which of the following made the Egyptians more prosperous

The region south of the the Nile Delta