vocabulary
pharaohs
social classes/Gods
geography
Legacies
100
the life that takes place in another world after death.
What is afterlife?
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 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 watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
200
a body that has been dried so it won't decay.
What is a mummy?
200
the first female Pharaoh that disguised herself with a beard and reigned for 20 years.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
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
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used ot make paper.
What is papyrus?
300
the line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
300
the pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who is Khufu?
300
these government officials were responsible for caring for the temples and held ceremonies to keep the gods happy.
What are Priests?
300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
a region of Africa that covers parts of Egypt and Sudan?
What is Nubia?
400
the Pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first Pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
400
a god who judged Egyptians after death.
Who is Osiris?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400
the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
What are boys/scribes?
500
a kingdom that rose to power in the fourth century A.D in modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea?
What is Aksum?
500
the pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1279-1213B.C and created the stable empire.
What is Ramses II?
500
a fertility goddess who was Osiris' wife.
Who is Isis?
500
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people still use today.
What is a sailboat?
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