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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?
10
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
10
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
10
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
10

A belief in more than one god.

What is polytheism?

20

True or False: Egypt had a few female pharaohs

True

20
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
20
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the slaves?
20
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
20
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
40
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
40
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
Who are boys?
40
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials?
40
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
40

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

Who are the priests?

50

This was the pharaoh's right hand man.

Who is the vizier?

50

The Ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in these large tombs.

What are pyramids?

50

The way the Ancient Egyptians obtained many of their goods.

What is by trading with communities near and far?

50

The place where Egypt obtained most of its gold.

What is Nubia?

50

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

What are city-states?

3000

The role of the pharaoh.

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

3000
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
3000

These are the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.

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

3000
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
3000
the way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.
What is economy?
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