Pharaohs
Legacies
Social Pyramid
Geography
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
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
200
a pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
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 Ancient Egyptians preserved their dead bodies for the afterlife. What was this process called?

mummification

300

a very strong pharaoh made peace with the Hittites for 67 years and returned some prosperity to Egypt.  

Ramses II

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

Who were the record keepers of Ancient Egypt?

scribes

300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300

The Ancient Egyptians followed a _________ religion. They believed in many gods.

polytheistic

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

This social class did not have many rights.

What are slaves?

400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400

______ is a sequence of rulers from the same family. This is how Egypt was ruled for 3,000 years.

dynasty

500

the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.

Who is Khufu?

500
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
500

the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid. (middle class)

What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans?

500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500

The art and architecture of Ancient Egypt (pyramids, obelisks) were designed to emphasize the _________.

religion and the afterlife

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