Pharaohs
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?
The city where the Great Pyramids were built.
What is Giza?
This person was the ruler of Egypt, and was worshipped as a God after death.
What are the Pharaohs?
The river that is considered the longest river in the world and was extremely important to the Egyptians is called
What is the Nile River?
A complex system of writing that implemented pictures used by ancient Egypt.
What is hieroglyphics?
Who was the very first woman to become pharaoh?
Who is Hatshepsut?
a word to describe healthy and rich soil capable of producing an abundance of crops.
What is fertile?
These people farmed, worked building the pyramids and paid taxes in the form of crops to the pharaoh. They made up the lowest class on the social pyramid.
Who are the slaves or peasants?
What desert does the Nile River flow through?
What is the Sahara desert?
A practice used by Egyptians- drying and wrapping a dead body to prevent rotting.
What is mummification?
The very first royal dynasty was created under his reign.
Who is Menes?
Fertile lands along the river where villages developed.
What are the Black lands?
These people needed to have knowledge of reading and writing. Their jobs were to write and copy hieroglyphics.
What is the scribes?
Where is the mouth or end of the Nile river located?
What is the Mediterranean sea?
A family of rulers having the right to rule being passed down.
What is a dynasty?
Who was one of the most powerful pharaohs that was married to Nefertiti.
Who is Ramses II?
Uninhabited, desert lands on both sides of the Nile river.
What are red lands?
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials, viziers, nobles or priests? (Any answer is acceptable).
The South region of Egypt. Land was drier and more mountainous.
What is Upper Egypt?
Horse-drawn vehicles that Egyptians used for war.
What is a chariot?
What pharaoh closed all temples and shrines when he came into power?
Who is Akhenaten?
What pharaoh was viewed as a warrior king and helped Egypt expand westward?
Who is Thutmose III?
These people were middle class workers, and lived in the villages but were not wealthy. They made crafts and goods.
What are the merchants or craftspeople? (Either answer is acceptable).
Northern part of Egypt, where the delta flows into the Mediterranean sea. This area was more fertile.
What is Lower Egypt?
A person in charge of government bureaucracy.
What is a vizier?