| A | B |
|---|
| Isis | goddess that represented loyal wife and mother |
| Re | Sun god and main Egyptian god |
| Osiris | god that ruled over the dead |
| cataract | wild rapids |
| savannas | grasslands south of Egypt |
| Memphis | capital of Old Kingdom |
| King Khufu | his pyramid is the largest ever built |
| Upper Egypt | Great Pyramid and Sphinx located there |
| Kemet | How Egyptians called their land because it was rich and a "black land" |
| Ramses II | Greatest pharaoh of New Kingdom |
| Ahmose | helped recover Egypt from the Hyksos |
| Hyksos | invaded Egypt and Middle Kingdom came to an end |
| Thebes | capital of Egypt during Middle Kingdom |
| embalming | process used to preserve dead body |
| tributes | forced payments |
| Tutankhamen | 10 yr old Pharaoh |
| Amenhote or Akhenaton | monotheist pharaoh |
| Ramses II | Effective pharaof of New Kingdom |
| Nubia | present day Sudan |
| Kush/Kushites | lived south of Egypt |
| Napata | Kushite city that flourished along the Nile |
| Meroe | became a center for making iron |
| Kerma | developed close ties with Egypt |
| Hatshepsut | Pharaoh woman who expanded trade |
| Thutmose III | Egypt controlled more territory than ever when he was the pharaoh |
| Nefertiti | Akhenaton's wife |
| Piye | His dynasty ruled both Egypt and Kush from Napata |
