Pharaohs
Inventions
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 by digging ditches
What is Irrigation?
100
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
100
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt. This soil is very good for farming
What is silt?
100
the practice of one person owning another person.
What is slavery?
200
The first female Pharaoh who is famous for her skill at trading, she made Egypt rich.
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 unskilled workers/ 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 way people manage money and resources for the production of goods and services.
What is economy?
400
The Pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first Pharaoh.
Who is Menes/Narmer?
400
A system of measuring time based on the movement of the star Sirius. This was used to predict the flooding of the Nile and is still used today.
What is the 365 day calendar?
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who are the priests and nobles?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
A line of kings or rulers from one family that come one after the other
What is a dynasty?
500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and started a new Dynasty that began the New Kingdom?
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 group that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the traders, artisans, shopkeepers, and scribes
500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500
Wild rapids that are found on the Nile River
What is a cataract?
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