Miscellaneous
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Narmer?
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is irrigation?
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
the dark deposits left when the Nile spilled its banks each year.
What is fertile mud (silt)?
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
took control of Lower Egypt by leading armies North.
who is Narmer/Menes?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is papyrus?
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is slaves?
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
the joining of separate parts into one.
What is unify?
many of Egypt's city dwellers who did physical labor.
Who are unskilled workers
a system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The group that is immediately above unskilled workers (and slaves) on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is farmers and herders?
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
a line of rulers from one family.
What is a dynasty?
could obtain divorces, buy and sell goods and if upper-class, perform religious ceremonies.
Who are ancient Egyptian woman?
the three periods of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom?
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is priests and nobles?
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
narrow cliffs and boulders that form rapids.
What are cataracts?
the number of dynasties in ancient Egypt and how long they lasted.
is a form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the traders, artisans, shopkeepers (merchants), and scribes?
crops ancient Egyptians first grew.
went to special schools to study reading and writing to work for rulers, priests and traders.
What is a scribe?