| A | B |
| first group in Egypt | hunter-gatherers |
| Approximate entry of first group in Egypt | 12,000 years ago |
| farmers grew wheat and barley by this year | 4500 B.C. |
| irrigation system | sent the Nile's flow to canals and then to the fields |
| Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt | villages banded together by 3200 B.C. |
| Capital City of Lower Egypt | Pe, in the Nile Delta |
| Capital City of Upper Egypt | Nekhen, on the Nile's west bank |
| Red crown | worn by the king of Lower Egypt |
| White, cone shaped crown | worn by the King of upper Egypt |
| Menes | unified Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Menes unified the kingdom | by marrying a princess from Lower Egypt |
| Pharoah | title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt |
| Pharioah means | great house |
| Memphis | the first capital city of the two Egypts |
| Theocracy | government ruled by religous leaders |
| Egypt's first dynasty | lasted about 200 years |
| The approximate number of dynasties that ruled Ancient Egypt | thirty |
| The pharoah was worshipped as | ruler and god |
| Nile provided | water and fertile soil |
| the desert provided | protection from enemies |