Pharaohs
This pharaoh is mostly remembered for his involvement in the construction of the pyramids of Giza.
Who is Khufu?
Hatshepsut and Ramses II ruled during this kingdom and the empire grew to reach the Euphrates River.
What is the new kingdom?
This is an honorable job to have and involves learning hundreds of complex symbols.
What is a scribe?
This person is above everyone else on the social pyramid.
Who is the pharaoh?
This is a skilled worker who practices a trade, sometimes known as a craftsmen.
Who is an artisan?
This pharaoh began her reign as co-regent with her brother, and is remembered as the last pharaoh.
Who is Cleopatra?
During this Kingdom, Pharaohs established a strong central state, were absolute rulers, and were considered gods.
What is the old kingdom?
A powerful group or family that maintains power for an extended period of time.
What is a dynasty?
True or False: In ancient Egypt you cannot move up or down the social pyramid.
False.
A picture of a word, sound, or syllable found in ancient Egyptian writing.
What is a hieroglyph?
This pharaoh is known for his wars with Hittites and Libyans, as well as the extensive buildings and statues he had made.
Who is Ramses II?
Egyptian power declined during this kingdom.
What is the new kingdom?
To preserve a corpse from decaying.
What is to embalm?
This group is considered by some to not even be on the social pyramid. They are at the very bottom.
Who are slaves?
This is rich soil left behind after the flooding of the river.
What is silt?
This person was the longest reigning female pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
Traders made contact with the middle east during this kingdom, but corruption and rebellion were also common.
What is the middle kingdom?
This material is made from the stem of a water plant and can be used as paper.
What is papyrus?
These two groups were directly under the pharaoh on the social pyramid.
Who are government officials and priests?
This is the reason why Egyptians were happy to settle next to a desert.
What is it acted as a natural barrier to predators?
This pharaoh had many temples build in Egypt and Nubia during his long reign.
Who is Senusret?
Power struggles, crop failures, and the expensive cost to build the pyramids of Giza contributed to the fall of this kingdom.
What is the old kingdom?
A poor person, usually a farmer, of low social status who usually rents land.
What is a peasant?
Scribes and Artisans are above this group in the pyramid.
What are peasants?
This was absolutely vital to the success of Egypt. Without this, Egypt would not be what we remember it as today.
What is the Nile River?