Pharaohs
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?
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?
a mixture of tiny bits of minerals and soil deposited on the land when a river floods.
What is silt?
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 are farmers, servants, and slaves?
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water; it makes a triangular shape.
What is a Delta?
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
The pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Narmer?
a system of writing that was made up of about 700 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The group in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are scribes?
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
Egyptian process of preserving dead bodies.
What is mummification?
The pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
people who write as a job specialty.
Who are scribes?
The group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are nobles, priests, and government officials?
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
one of the 6 groups of rocky rapids or waterfalls on the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
the pharaoh who fought with the Hitties at the battle of Kadesh, but ended up making a peace treaty.
Who was Ramses II or Ramses the Great?
it has a square bottom with 4 triangular sides.
What is a pyramid?
The group that is immediately above the farmers, servants, and slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are merchants and artisans?
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
the name for rulers that are all in the same family.
What is a dynasty?