S.S 3-1 & 3-2 Flashcards
The Nile flows _____ from central _____ to _______ sea.
North
Africa
Meditteranean
_____ is the worlds _____ river
Nile
Longest
_____ main sources: blue ____ and ____ Nile
Two
Nile
White
Blue and White Nile meet in _______( present day Sudan)
Khartoum
Rock filled Rapids found in Nubian section of the Nile
Cataracts
Between first and second cataracts; desert, granite mountains, very little flammable land
Lower Nubia
In lower Nubia, it rarely ___- people lived close to _____ for water supply
Rained
Nile
Between second and sixth cataracts
Upper Nubia
In upper Nubia, ____ does fall and people _____ in summer and fall
Rain
Farmed
First cataract to Meditteranean Sea
Ancient Egypt
Fertile strip
Upper Egypt
Fertile, marshy area
Lower Egypt
Triangle shaped fertile area made of little rivers found at the end of the Nile
Delta
Rich fertile soil brought down from highlands and deposited onto land when Nile overflowed
Silt
“The black land”- dark soil left by Niles floods
Kemet
Beyond river banks, vast desert- shielded Egypt and Nubia from attacks
“The red land”
_____ built around fertile river bends near _____
Villages
Delta
______ villages scattered along banks of _____
Farming
Nile
_____ was a highway for ____
Nile
Trade
Trade also ran ____ across desert and ____ sea
East
Red
_____ developed trade routes over ____ because cataracts made travel difficult on _____
Nubians
Land
Water
Ruled Egypt during new kingdom
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut created time of great ____ and economic _____. She also led army into _____ and encouraged ______
Peace
Success
Battles
Trade
A series of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
A dynasty was grouped into three main time periods called _____. There was the _____ ______(earliest), _______ _______, ________ ______
Kingdoms
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
United upper and and lower Egypt and built city named Memphis
Menes
_______ had absolute ______
Pharoahs
Power
Pharaohs descisions became _____. They were _____ leaders
Laws
Religious
_____ and ______ during first six ______
Grew
Prospered
Dynasties
In about 2250 B.C.( end of old kingdom) ______ challenged ______
Governors
Pharoahs
_____ Kingdom restored _____ and _____ country
Middle
Order
Reunited
Money spent on _____(irrigation)
Projects
Starting to lose power against ______ invaders
Foreign
In 1550 B.C. , Egyptian ____ drove out foreign _____( New Kingdom)
Princes
Invaders
Child who became pharaoh
Thutmose III
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
Regent
Thutmose IIIs stepmother; appointed regent; proclaimed herself pharaoh
Hatshepsut
Kingdom fell to ______ the ______ in 332 B.C.
Alexander
Great
Conquered by the ______ about 300 years after Alexander the Great
Romans