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Pharaohs
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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 watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
100

which group of people are at the top of 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

this is tall four sided pillar with a pyramid on top.

What is an oblisk?

200
a pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt.
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 or peasants?

300
the southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
300

this is the time period where Egypt expanded its borders.

What is the New Kingdom?

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

the imaginary creatures with bodies of lions and the heads of people.  

What is a sphinx?

400

the group communicated with the gods and were high on ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

What is a priest?

400
the direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
400

this is the time period where pyramids were built.

What is the Old Kingdom?

500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
500

this game was invented in Egypt and the name means "to move".

What is mancala?

500

this group was close to the top of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid and kept government records

What are scribes?

500

the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.

What is Nubia or Kush?

500

these are steep rapids found in the Nile River.

What are cataracts?