| A | B |
|---|
| Re | Sun god |
| Isis | She was the goddess of magic and healing. |
| Anubis | He was the god in charge of mummification. |
| Horus | He leads people to the underworld. |
| Seth | God of chaos, violence, and disorder. |
| Osiris | God of the underworld and judge of the dead. |
| mummification | perserving a body for the afterlife |
| Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. |
| Bureaucracy | A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials |
| vizer | chief minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt |
| chariots | a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing. |
| Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Giza | An ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid |
| Old Kingdom | 2686-2181 BC When pyramids were built. Egypts 1st dynasty |
| The Middle Kingdom | the period of Egyptian history from about 2050 to 1750 BC and marked by order and stability |
| Black Lands | fertile land on the banks of the Nile River |
| Red Lands | the name the Egyptians gave the desert land beyond the river valley because it was dry and lifeless |
| Upper Egypt | the southern part of ancient Egypt |
| Lower Egypt | The northern part of ancient Egypt |
| Ka | In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life or the soul |
| The New Kingdom | the period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory |
