Vocabulary
A family of rulers having the right to rule being passed down.
What is a dynasty?
a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
Who is Tutankhamun?
Fertile lands near the Nile River. Villages developed along the river so they could farm.
What is the Black Lands?
The pyramids of Giza were constructed during which kingdom?
What is the Old Kingdom?
Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid?
What are slaves and peasants?
A simplified version of hieroglyphics. The scriber uses dashes and strokes to represent the pictures in hieroglyphics.
What is hieratic script?
Credited for uniting Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
These were on both sides of the Nile. They were uninhabited, hot deserts.
What is the Red Lands?
Invaded and ruled Egypt; used chariots, military strength, and bronze weapons.
What are the Hyskos?
Their job was to write and copy hieroglyphics and hieratic script.
What are the scribes?
The type of government during the Old Kingdom. Consisted of an administrative organization with officials and procedures.
First woman Pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The South region of Egypt. The land was drier and more mountainous.
What is Upper Egypt?
Period of expansion and prosperity.
What is the New Kingdom?
Highest officials that work under the pharaoh.
What are viziers, priests, and nobles?
A person that is in charge of government bureaucracy.
What is a vizier?
Viewed as a warrior king; expanded Egypt westward.
Who is Thutmose III?
Northern part of Egypt, where the delta flows into Mediterranean sea. This area was more fertile.
What is Lower Egypt?
Characterized by an emergence of Egyptian art and culture.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Lived comfortably but were not wealthy; middle class.
The spiritual body of ancient Egyptians.
What is Ka?
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
The direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is north?
The reasons why the Old Kingdom fell.
What is because of economic and crop failures?
The way slaves and peasants paid taxes to the pharaoh.
What are crops?