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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 worship of many gods and goddesses.

What is polytheism?

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 preserving a dead body in a lifelike condition

What is mummification?

200

a female pharaoh who dressed as a man

Who is Hatshepsut?

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 group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the farmers?
300

the southern area of ancient Egypt.

What is Upper Egypt?

300

a set of rulers from the same family or ethnic group

What is dynasty?

400
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
400

the people who went to school in ancient Egypt, record keepers.

Who are scribes?

400
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials?
400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400

a waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water.

What is a cataract?

500

regarded as the greatest pharaoh, many pharaohs were named after him

Who is Ramses II?

500

a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.

What is an astronomer?

500

the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans?

500

the "red land" that protected Egypt from invasion.

What is desert?

500

the southern region that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.

What is Nubia?