section 1

• a delta is a triangular shaped landforms in a river that are made from the created river mud and rocks
• cataracts are steep, dangerous rapids like those in the Nile
• a dynasty is a type of government in which the leaders are from the same family
• the ruler of egypt is called what?

  Pharoah
• egyptians believed that their pharoah was some sort of GOD
• hieroglyphics is a form of Ancient Egyptian writing
• a regent is someone who subs or takes the place of another ruler
• what was the Nile River called for being so benefical and formative for Egypt's growth?

  Egypt's Gift
• In Egypt the black land was the fertile area surrounding the Nile
• The Red land was the infertile, dry desert father outside the Nile
• the belief in multiple gods?

  polytheistic
• the belief in one god?

  monotheism
• a monumental structure in ancient egypt, that was used to bury pharoahs was called a pyramid
• papyrus was a reed matieral used to make egyptian scrolls and paper
• the old kingdom was the first period in ancient egypt known by the dominance of Memphis
• egypt had dominance over the Nile and that allowed them to sell food and make more food for profit
• some natural protections egypt had were the mountains, the Sahara Desert, and the Nile River
• the Nile River had a unique water stream, for it went south to north
• the Nile would flood every year, making farming easier in the dry climates