Pharaohs
Legacies
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 or King Tut?
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
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
100
a grassy plain with some scattered trees
What is a savanna?
200
a pharaoh who was more interested in promoting trade than starting wars
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 slaves?
200
fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea
What is a Delta?
200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile River
What is papyrus?
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
a government in which the same person is the political and religious leader
What is theocracy?
400
the pharaoh who changed Egypt's religion to monotheism because he believed the priests were too powerful and wealthy
Who is Amenhotep?
400
the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
What is embalming?
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are priests and nobles?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins
What is shadoof?
500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
500
oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact
What is Great Pyramid?
500
number of levels of social status in ancient Egypt's social pyramid
What is 5?
500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500
a person who represents their country in a foreign place
What is envoy?
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