Pharaohs
the person at the top of Egyptian society.
Who is the pharaoh?
the direction the Nile River flows.
What is North?
this pharaoh ruled for 66 years and had over 100 children
Who is Ramses?
the practice of one person owning another person, either due to a debt or a victory in battle.
What is slavery?
this group was treated better than farmers due to their loyalty to defending the pharaoh.
Who are soldiers?
a triangular region at the end of a river where fertile soil is deposited.
What is a Delta?
a series of rulers from the same family, similar to a monarchy.
What is a dynasty?
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.
Who are the slaves or farmers?
the other name for the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
Egypt's government was ruled by a pharaoh they saw as a god figure, which is this type of government style.
What is a theocracy?
the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid in Giza.
Who is Khufu?
these artifical waterways helped devleop farming along the Nile River.
What are canals?
this group were often part of the pharaoh's family and were often wealthy.
Who are the nobles?
The primary body of water that the Nile River flows into.
What is the Meditarranean Sea?
This very long papyrus scroll taught historians about the Egyptian belief in the afterlife from the perspective of Ani.
What is the Book of the Dead?
this pharaoh is considered to be the last pharaoh in Egyptian Dynastic history.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
this large rock helped modern linguists learn how to translate hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
these two groups were middle class, and either traded goods or recorded information on papyrus
Who are the merchants and scribes?
rapids caused by rivers flowing down from high elevation to low elevation.
What are cataracts?
Egyptians believed their spirit, or their _____, left their body in the afterlife.
What is Ka?
a female pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
these tall, four-sided pointed pillars were carved with stories about the pharaohs who order their construction.
What is obelisks?
this person was second in command and was the personal council of the pharaoh.
Who is the vizier?
the body of water that forms the eastern border in Egypt.
What is the Red Sea?
this crown signified that a pharaoh was in charge of lower and upper Egypt.
What is the sekhemti or pschent?