| A | B |
| Giza | a city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located |
| Deir el-Medina | a village built for workers at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt |
| Menes | Legendary ancient Egyptian king who is credited with uniting Lower and Upper Egypt |
| Manetho | Egyptian priest and advisor who began keeping records of the ancient Egyptian kings. |
| Khufu | Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid at Giza was built |
| Hatshepsut | Queen of ancient Egypt who proclaimed herself pharaoh and ruled druing the New Kingdom |
| Akhenaten | Egyptian ruler who changed his name from Amenhooptep IV and called for the worship of one god, Aton |
| unify | to unite, combine, or bring together |
| pharaoh | in ancient Egypt, a god-king |
| Hieroglyphics | a form of writing based on pictures |
| pyramid | a large stone building to serve as a house for the dead |
| mummy | a preserved dead body |
| economy | the way people use and manage resources |
| Rosetta Stone | a stone on which a passage was written in three languages: Greek, Egyptian, hieroglyphics, and a form of Egyptian cursive writing. |