History Test 6 - 5th grade

The only woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt

A time of serious shortage of food

Second in command to the Egyptian king

The pharaoh whose tomb revealed much about ancient Eqypt

The first pharaoh

Sinai Peninsula

Africa

Nile

Monument with the head of a man and the body, legs, and paws of a lion that stand near pyramids

The secretary to the ruler in a court was called a

A rock bed piled high in a river creating small waterfalls

The "gift of the Nile" is another name for

A tall, pointed pillar representing the sun god Ra

The large stone structure built as a tomb for King Khufu was the

Upper Egypt

The area near Thebes where the tombs of many pharaohs have been found

Worlds first paperlike material

Plain

Title give to an Egyptian king

Mountain

One reason Eqypt declined in power

Ancient Egyptian writing using pictures to represent objects

Plateau

A buildup of loose sand and soil at the mouth of a river

Kilimanjaro

The king who united Upper and Lower Egypt was

The irrigation device used by the Egyptians was the

The Bible character who became a vizier

The key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing was the

The desert that covers most of Egypt is the

A body wrapped and preserved for eternal life

Lower Eqypt

Mt. Sinai

Nile River

Memphis

Thebes

Sahara

Valley