| A | B |
|---|
| Herodutus | called Egypt the "gift of the Nile" |
| Red Land- Egyptian name | Deshret |
| Red Land | because it could support little life |
| Nile River | the longest river in the world |
| Khed | traveling north |
| Khenti | traveling south |
| delta | marshy land |
| Mediterranean Sea | Nile River empties into |
| Upper Egypt (location) | is in the south |
| Lower Egypt (location) | is in the north |
| Lower Egypt | the height of the land is at sea level |
| Upper Egypt | has steep river valleys |
| Black Land- Egyptian name | Kemet |
| Black land | land covered by silt after the Nile Flooded |
| Agricultural calendar | depended on the flooding of the Nile |
| Aket (Shait) | the waters of the Nile overflood |
| Peret (Piruit) | the land was plowed and crops were planted |
| Shemu | the crops were harvested |
| Civil Calendar | had 5 days left over that were used for festivals |
| Sirius, dog star | indictated when the flooding season would begin |
| nilometer | predicted how high the Nile would flood |
| shaduf | a simple machine used to help irrigate the fields |
| pharaoh | great house |
| Red Crown | Lower Egypt |
| White Crown | Upper Egypt |
| King Menes | mythical king |
| King Narmer | united lower and Upper Egypt |
| Hyksos | invaders from central Asia |
