Pharaohs
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Vocabulary
100
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?
100
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
100
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
100
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
100

A belief in more than one god.

What is polytheism?

200

True or False: Egypt had a few female pharaohs

True

200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the slaves?
200
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
200
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
300

The role of the pharaoh.

What is the king of Egypt who was treated like a god?

300
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300

These are the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

What are the three main kingdoms, or time periods, of Ancient Egypt ruled by different rulers?

300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
the way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.
What is economy?
400
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
400
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
Who are boys?
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400

The only people who can enter the most sacred part of the temple in Ancient Egypt?

Who are the priests?

500

This was the pharaoh's right hand man.

Who is the vizier?

500

The Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in these large tombs.

What are pyramids?

500

The way the Ancient Egyptians obtained many of their goods.

What is by trading with communities near and far?

500

The place where Egypt obtained most of its gold.

What is Nubia?

500

The various groups of cities that developed along the Nile River.

What are city-states?

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