Pharaohs
Legacies
Social Pyramid
Geography
Vocabulary
100

Pharaohs were believed to become this after their mummification

What is a God?

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

The river that supported life and civilization in Egypt

What is the Nile?

100
the practice of one person owning another person.
What is slavery?
200

The first female 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 split and 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 pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
300
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300
The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the farmers?
300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300

The top piece of stone on a pyramid

What is a capstone?

400

the pharaoh that was known for his military leadership and signed the world's first known peace treaty with the Hittites

Who is Ramses II?

400

The unit of measurement developed for the construction of the pyramids

What is a Cubit?

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 region of Egypt in modern-day Sudan

What is Kush?

500

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?

500

The Calendar developed that we still use today

What is the 24-hour, 365-day calendar?

500
the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans?
500

The Egyptian name of the deserts surrounding the Nile River, and protected them from attack.

What are the Red Lands?

500

A pantheon consisting of 9 gods

What is an Ennead?

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