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• cataract-  churning rapids of a river
• delta- a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the Nile River
• nome- 36 territorial divisions in Ancient Egypt
• dynasty- a series of rulers from a single family in Ancient Egypt's that were kings and Pharaohs
• Pharaoh- a king of ancient Egypt  that were considered god-kings
• ka- an eternal life force
• pyramid- a structure built as a tomb for Pharaohs
• maat- represents goodness, order, law and justice; goddess
• hieroglyphics- an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
• papyrus- a tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paper like material for writing on
• Howard Carter- British archeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
• The Nile River provided Egypt with reliable system of transportation and with annual deposit of fertile soil
• In about 3100 B.C., a strong willed king of Upper Egypt named Narmer/Menes
• Asian nomads known as the Hyksos ruled much of Egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C.
• Jean Francois Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone
• Three ways the Nile influenced Egyptian life- transportation, silt, irrigation
• why pyramids were built- tomb for a pharaoh's body