Structures in Ancient Egypt
What is a pyramid?
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?
The group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is a Pharaoh?
The watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is irrigation?
The life force or spiritual double of a person
What is Ka?
An imaginary creature with the head of a person and the body of a lion
The first female Pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who were peasants and servants?
A reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
The southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
The city in which famous pyramids are found
What is Giza?
The pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
The group that is immediately above the servants on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who were merchants and craftspeople?
A system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What are Hieroglyphics?
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
One of the seven Wonders of the World that is located at Giza.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza
The Pharaoh who changed Egypt from a polytheistic society to a monotheistic society during his rule.
Who is Akhenaten?
The group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who were viziers, priests, and nobles?
The people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
Who are boys?
The Egyptian god who guided pharaohs in death.
Who is Anubis?
To guide and sustain the pharaoh in the Afterlife with earthly goods and materials.
Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids?
The pharaoh who declared himself a god and was a great warrior. He also had a lot of children.
Who is Ramses II?
The group of people in the middle of the Ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who were scribes?
The preservation of bodies
What is mummification?
The direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?