Pharaohs
Legacies
Social Pyramid
Geography
Key terms/people
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

yearly flooding of the Nile River caused this in ancient Egypt. 

Fertile soil deposits. 

100

A person that rules in the place of another. 

A Regent. 

200

Pharaoh known for peace and prosperity. Presented as a male. 

Hatshepsut

200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200

This group of people made up 80 % of the population in ancient Egypt. 

Farmers 

200

The most important geographical resource to ancient Egypt. 

The Nile River 

200

This pharoah is credited with building the Red pyramid and the Bent Pyramid

Sneferu

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 discovery of this allowed for the translation of hieroglyphics and cuneiform. 

The Rosetta Stone 

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

People who recorded information in ancient Egypt by writing 

Scribes 

400

This was the most important part of Egyptian religion. 

The afterlife 

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

This man discovered King Tut’s tomb. 

Howard Carter

500

Pharaoh who was known as “Egyptian Napoleon”

Thutmose III

500

The last great pharaoh of Egypt 

Ramses II

500

Scrolls placed in tombs containing words that must be spoken to the gods after death. 

The Book of the Dead

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

This is where pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried. 

Valley of the Kings 

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