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_____ was ancient Egypt's main crop
Wheat
Which Pharaoh ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid?
Khufu
Many pharaohs and rulers were buried at what site?
Valley of the Kings
Which people were just below the pharaohs on the social pyramid?
Priests and government officials
How did ancient Egyptians know when the yearly floods would arrive?
Floods followed the rainy season of East Africa
_____ was the pharaoh who defended and expanded Egyptian territory and constructed temples at Karnak and in Nubia
Amenhotep I
____ was the pharaoh who defeated the Hittites and ruled for 67 years.
Ramses II
_______ was the King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt and became the first pharaoh of Egypt.
Menes
______ was the translator of the Rosetta Stone
Jean Champollion
_______ was the King of Kush who invaded Egypt and conquered the city of Memphis then all of Egypt.
Piye
_______ was the Egyptian pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid.
Khufu
________ was an unpopular pharaoh who instituted monotheism and closed the temples of Amon and destroyed the God's images.
Akhenaton
____ was a New Kingdom Pharaoh who drove out the Hyksos and reunited Egypt.
Ahmose I
______ was the first woman ruler known to history. She gave Egypt a long period of peace and wealth through trade.
Hatshepsut
Why was the first pyramid built?
As a tomb for the pharaoh
What could a boy do with his life that a girl could not?
Become a scribe
How did Egypt become an empire?
Name the order of the Social Pyramid starting at the top
King or Queen (pharaoh), priests/soldiers, Merchants/Artisans/Farmers, Enslaved people
Is Upper Nubia located in the North or South?
South
The time when Egypt's early pharaoh's worked to build unity in the country is called _________
Old Kingdom
What is a social pyramid?
A diagram illustrating the social order divisions within a culture, usually showing the most powerful person or group at the peak and the least powerful groups at the bottom
How are Egypt and Nubia alike?
They both are divided into Upper and Lower
A group of people who go on a trip for a specific reason
Expedition
Ancient Egyptians believed they needed their body in the afterlife. For this reason, they preserved the bodies of the dead. What is this process called?
Mummification
What technology did Egyptian farmers use to get water from the Nile to their fields?