| A | B |
|---|
| Rosetta Stone | decoding ancient Egyptian writing |
| pyramid | burial place for a pharaoh |
| silt | made the soil fertile |
| empire | a group of lands and people under one government |
| papyrus | paper made from reeds that grew along the Nile River |
| irrigation | a method of bringing water to dry land |
| delta | land at the mouth of a river made by deposits of silt, sand, and small stones |
| scribe | a person who received training to read and wirte |
| pharaoh | leader of ancient Egypt |
| slavery | practice of one person owning another |
| hierogyphics | the pictures and symbols of ancient Egyptian writing |
| economy | the use of workers and resources to produce goods |
| unification | joining together to become one |
| Old Kingdom | time of the earliest pharaohs |
| mummification | process to preserve the bodies of the dead |
| expedition | journey for a specific purpose |
| cataract | steep rapids in a river |
| social pyramid | shows "rank" of people within a society |
| Hyksos | invaded Egypt |
| Menes | "united" upper and lower Egypt |
| Khufu | buried in the "Great Pyramid" |
| Hatshepsut | first female pharaoh |
| Valley of the Kings | where many pharaohs are buried |
| Lower Egypt | northern part of the Nile River Valley - includes the delta |
| Upper Egypt | southern part of the Nile River Valley |
| Tutankhamen | his tomb was discovered in 1922 |
