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 rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
the practice of one person owning another person.
What is slavery?
The first female pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
The group that represented about 80% of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the peasants?
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
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 below the peasants on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the slaves?
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
the way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.
What is economy?
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
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?
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
Belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
The pharaoh who had many wives and numerous children.
Who is Ramses III?
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans?
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
having too much of one thing. Also the reason that ancient Egyptians were able to trade.
What is surplus?