| Vocab. 1 | ||
| #1 | a ruling family | dynasty |
| #2 | rocky rapids | cataracts |
| #3 | ancient Egyptian system of writing with drawings and symbols | heiroglyphics |
| #4 | a system of offices and officials that handle the business of the government | bureaucracy |
| #5 | Queen-mothers of Nubia | candaces |
| vocab. 2 | ||
| #1 | a hard white material made from elephant tusks | ivory |
| #2 | a skilled worker who practices a trade or handicraft | artisan |
| #3 | a black wood from West Africa | ebony |
| #4 | one of the world's first alphabets | Meroitic Script |
| #5 | Trade between Nubia and Egypt created_______ since each country depended on the other for goods it did not have. | interdependence |
| Egyptians | ||
| #1 | Who did the Egyptians believed controlled everything such as the Nile flooding? | gods |
| #2 | Egypt relied on Nubia for | gold |
| #3 | Why was the Egyptian lunar calendar hard to use? | every year had a different number of days |
| #4 | What three things did Egyptians invent using chemistry? | cosmetics, glass, and mortar |
| #5 | Who was Narmer? | the legendary first king of united Egypt |
| Geography | ||
| #1 | the vast desert areas with burning sands | the red land |
| #2 | Why were the Nubians motivated to trade? | they needed grain, since they did not have a lot of land to use for farming |
| #3 | How did the Nubians travel due to the cataracts? | by foot |
| #4 | What is an area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river called? | a delta |
| #5 | the fertile area on either side of the Nile that was good for farming | the black land |
| Important!!! | ||
| #1 | the legendary first king of united Egypt | Narmer |
| #2 | knew how to write and were valued by the Egyptians | scribes |
| #3 | Through,______, which is the buying and selling of goods and services, Egyptians obtained needed goods. | commerce |
| #4 | Who were Amon-Re, Isis, and Horus? | Egyptian Gods |
| #5 | The Nubians idea of kings as gods may have spread to__________. | Egypt |
| Final Question | |
| True or False The Nubians were in closer contact with other African peoples, and they developed their own system of writing. | True |