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 huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing

What is Rosetta Stone?

100

the period from about 1550 to 1050 BC in Egyptian history when Egypt reached the height of its power and glory

What is the New Kingdom?

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 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 period of Egyptian history from about 2050 to 1750 BC and marked by order and stability

What is the Middle Kingdom?

400
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
400

a huge triangular tomb built by the Egyptians and other peoples

What is a pyramid?
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

a series of rapids in a river.

What is a cataract?

500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
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.
What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans?
500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500

the period from about 2700 to 2200 BC in Egyptian history that began shortly after Egypt was unified

What is the Old Kingdom?

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