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| Who was Menes | First pharoah who united Egypt |
| Where was Memphis located | south of the Nile Delta |
| Where did farming begin in Egypt | at the mouth of the Nile River |
| silt | mixture of bits of soil and rock |
| delta | fan shaped, fertile land made of silt |
| Lower Egypt | the Nile Delta region in the Northern part of Egypt |
| Upper Egypt | located in the south, desert region |
| What causes the Nile to flood | rain from May to Sept. cause overflow |
| What does the overflowing river carry | silt that enriches the soil |
| What direction does the Nile flow | South to North |
| irrigation | technology used to water crops |
| what crops were grown using irrigation | grains, vegetables, flax |
| Why is the Nile like a highway | it allowed people and goods to travel from place to place |
| Egypt's economy | based on agriculture |
| Ra | the most important god to the ancient Egyptians |
| hieroglyphics | system of writing using pictures |
| hieroglyphics were used | to record taxes |
| scribes | people who kept government records |
| specialization | working on a specific skill |
| Khufu | ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid |
| Who was the central person of Egypt's gov't, economy and religion | The pharaoh |
| Ahmose | copied weapons from the Hyksos and took back the delta |
| empire | group of lands and peoples ruled by one government |
| Kush | kingdom that controlled rich trade routes |
| Hatshepsut | organized trading expedition to Punt |
