Pharaohs
a pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered. He's famous!
Who is Tutankhamun?
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
the longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a delta in northeastern Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
the practice of one person owning another person.
What is slavery?
a pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the peasants?
the body of water to the North of Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the artisans?
the way the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
a pyramid outline showing the positions of social classes according to their status in society .
What is a social pyramid?
the pharaoh that was known for his fighting spirit.
Who is Ramses II?
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
Who are boys?
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials?
a land northeast of Egypt, settled by the ancient Israelites, from about 1800 to 70 C.E.
What is Canaan?
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
the pharaoh who loved jewels and gemstones. He favored beauty above all else.
Who is Senusret?
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
the group that has the ability to read and write.
What are scribes?
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water. The Nile River has one.
What is a Delta?
a society along the Nile River, south of Egypt, from about 2000 B.C.E. to 350 C.E.
What is Kush?