Ancient Egypt Key Terms and Geography

a person whose job was to read, write and keep records for others

ancient Egyptian writing

the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying

The two rivers in Mesopotamia are the Tigris and _______ Rivers.

a body that has been preserved for the afterlife

The southern most city on the map is Memphis.

The deserts on each side of the Nile River are the Eastern Desert and the ________ Desert.

a life believed to be lived after a person dies

a line of pharaohs from the same family

The city on your map closest to the Nile Delta is Giza.

a king of ancient Egypt

Upper Egypt is to the ______ of Lower Egypt.

According to the map, water is blue, Lower Egypt is yellow, Upper Egypt is green, and Kush is __________.

a giant tomb for a pharaoh

The ______ is directly to the east of Egypt

The ______ River is in Egypt.

The Mediterranean Sea is _______ of Egypt

a reed plant that grows along the Nile River and was used to make a type of paper

a fan shaped area of silt where a river flows into a sea