| A | B |
|---|
| Delta | Fertile, flat land at river mouth |
| Lower Egypt | Lies downstream |
| Upper Egypt | Lies upstream |
| Shaduf | Device that lifts water into fields |
| Unification | Joining separate parts into one |
| Pharaoh | "Great House" |
| Menes (Narmer) | Possibly the first king of unified Egypt |
| Memphis | Capital city of Menes |
| Mummification | Process of preserving dead bodies |
| Zoser (Djoser) | Step Pyramid was his burial marker |
| Pyramids | Huge stone tombs |
| Mastabas | "Bench" burial markers |
| Imhotep | Architect of the Step Pyramid |
| Sakkara | Site of the Step Pyramid |
| Khufu | Builder of the Great Pyramid |
| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
| Papyrus | Reed plant from the Nile |
| Jean Champollion | Understood how to read Hieroglyphics |
| Dynasty | A continuing family of rulers |
| Old Kingdom | Lasted from about 2650-2150 BC |
| Maidum Pyramid |  |
| Bent Pyramid |  |
| Step Pyramid |  |
| Snefru | Builder of three pyramids |
| Pyramis | Greek for "wheat cake" |
| Double Crown | Represented unified Egypt |
| Snefru's third pyramid | The Red Pyramid |
| Mentuhotep II | Founder of the Middle Kingdom |
| The Faiyum | Large oasis fed by the Nile |
| Hyksos | Rulers from a foreign land |
| First Intermediate Period | Time of "70 kings in 70 days" |
| Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor | Story from the Middle Kingdom |
| the block style | Art of the Middle Kingdom |
| Composite bow, chariot, bronze weapons | Innovations brought to Egypt by the Hyksos |
| Second Intermediate Period | Time when the Hyksos ruled Lower Egypt |
