Egypt Identifies
Identify these terms on a separate sheet of paper. Write the name of the term, number it, and
underline it. Skip a line between answers. Identify these words- do not simply define them.
Instead tell why it is significant to Egypt.
Example:
1. Silt- The fertile soil left behind after the flooding of the Nile River. Allowed Egyptians to
gain a surplus of food
Menes
Old Kingdom
Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
Hyksos
Pyramids
Hatshepsut
Ramses II
Osiris
Ahkenaton
Book of the Dead
Mummification
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Rosetta Stone
Pharaoh
Polytheism