| A | B |
| papyrus | paper made from reeds that grew in the Nile Delta |
| scribes | people who received training to write hieroglyphics |
| Howard Cater | discovered King Tut's Tomb |
| pharoah | Egypt's supreme ruler |
| Menes | United Egypt's Kingdoms |
| irrigation | watering of dry land through canals, streams or pipes |
| delta | land made by deposits of silt and sand at the mouth of a river |
| Farming | basis of ancient Egypt's economy |
| Nile River | longest river in the world |
| sphinx | has the head of a man and the body of a lion |