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?
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
the practice of one person owning another person.
What is slavery?
200
a pharaoh who is the longest reigning monarch.
Who is Pepy II?
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
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 groups that are above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the farmers and fishermen?
300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
To treat a dead body with chemicals to keep it from decaying.
What is embalm?
400
the pharaoh who started a new religion.
Who is Amenhotep IV?
400
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
Who are boys?
400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the Vizier?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
A natural substance found in Egypt used for soap, toothpaste and mummification.
What is Natron?
500
the most famous female pharaoh (who also dressed similar to a man).
Who is Hatshepsut?
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 three groups that would make up the middle class of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the scribes, artists, spinners/weavers/artisans?
500
the two seas that surround Egypt.
What is the Mediterranean and Red Sea?
500
The succession of rulers from one family with a common ancestor.
What is dynasty?
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