Egyptian Social Classes
Geography
Egyptian Daily Life
Gods and Goddesses / The Kingdoms
Vocabulary
100

Priests, Noblemen and Commanders make up this class

Upper Class

100

Where is the Nile River Valley (Egypt) located?

Northeastern Africa 

100

Who was responsible for being the "bread winner" of the head of the family?

The Father

100

Who was the greatest of all gods? or also referred to as the creator god?

The Sun God Ra

100

A formal writing system made up of picture and sound symbols 

Heiroglyphics

200

True or False: An individual was born into their social class and it could never change

False; individuals of lower class could work to improve their social class

200

Which sea is North of Egypt that the Nile River flows into?

Mediterranean Sea

200

Name three of the woman's responsibilities

Taking care of the children, laundry and cooking

200

This god ruled over and judged the afterlife

Osiris

200

A reed plant used to make paper

Papyrus

300

These two groups are responsible for the building of the pyramids

Mostly farmers and slaves

300

The sea that is located east of the Nile river. 

Red Sea

300

During the New Kingdom, Egyptians created temples for their pharaohs as tombs rather than pyramids. Where were these temples built?

Valley of the Kings

300

Egyptian trade expanded and more rights were given to citizens during this kingdom

Middle Kingdom

300

A line of rulers from one family

Dynasty

400

This was the largest Egyptian social class

Farmers

400

The desert that can be found west of the Nile river and is part of the larger Sahara desert

Western Desert

400

In 670 BCE, who defeated the Kush to take over Egypt officially ending the reign of the Egyptian Kingdoms?

The Assyrian Empire

400

Who conquered Egypt and brought an end to the Middle Kingdom?

The Hyksos

400

A type of government where the leader is both religious and political

Theocracy

500

This social class often lived in small mud-brick houses with hard-packed dirt floors

Unskilled Workers

500

What desert can be found east of the Nile river and west of the Red Sea?

Nubian Desert

500

Egyptians learned much about the human body from embalming, they created the first what with this knowledge?

Medical Books

500

This pharaoh changed the Egyptians religious practice from polytheistic to monotheistic

Akhenaton 

500

A non-elected government official

Bureaucrat 

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