| A | B |
|---|
| pharaohs | means "great house" |
| pyramids | tombs for pharaohs |
| delta | triangular patch of land at the mouth of a rive |
| river and desert | united the Egyptian people |
| irrigation | method of bringing water to an area to water crops |
| hunters and gatherers | first people to live in the Nile Valley |
| dikes | structures built to hold back the waters of the Nile |
| Lower Egypt | area farthest north |
| priests | tended temples and spoke to the people on behalf of the gods |
| Ra | main god - the source of life, the sun god |
| Osiris | god of the Nile - loved by the people |
| vizier | person second only the pharaoh - headed the government |
