People
Inventions
Social Heirachy
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
Cloth made from flax
Linen
100
Who was the most powerful person in Egyptian society?
Pharaoh/king
100
A mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river
Silt
100
The Egyptians believed in many gods, known as _______________
Polytheism
200
A pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt and was known for the strong economy that was built during their reign.
Who is Hatshepsut?
200
A reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200
What was the lowest rank in Egyptian society?
Enslaved people
200
Fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water. Shaped like a triangle.
What is a Delta?
200
Good for growing crops
Fertile
300
These people eventually conquered the kingdoms of Egypt and Kush
Assyrians
300
A system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
300
Who had a higher ranking in Ancient Egypt: merchants or farmers?
Merchants
300
Is Upper Egypt located in Northern or Southern Egypt?
Southern
300
A long line of rulers from one family
Dynasty
400
Name three ways the people of Egypt and Kush were similar
Gods, hieroglyphics, sacred pharaohs, etc.
400
Preserving the body after dead to prepare it for mummification
Embalming
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Nobles and priests
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
North
400
A tall thin column with a pyramid shaped top
Obelisk
500
The pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Khufu
500
What inventions allowed invading kingdoms to conquer Egypt?
Iron weapons and horse drawn chariots
500
These people wove cloth, made pottery, carved statues or shaped copper into weapons/tools.
Artisans
500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
Nubia
500
Heating metal to separate its elements
Smelting
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