Egypt Under the Pharaohs
Groups of rocky rapids.
Cataracts
King of a united Egypt.
Pharaoh
A drawing that represents a word or a sound.
Hieroglyphic
True or False: King Tut was one of Egypt's greatest leaders whose rule spanned decades.
False, King Tut only ruled for about ten years.
The buying and selling of goods and services.
Commerce
This rich dark soil was known to the Egyptians as the...
Black Lands
A ruling family.
Dynasty
A material very similar to paper.
Papyrus.
The name for how King Tut's discovery swept through pop culture.
Tutmania
A black wood from West Africa.
Ebony
The vast deserts that lay to either side of the black lands were known as the...
Red Lands
True or False:Hashepsut was a fondly remembered pharaoh.
False, later pharaohs tried to erase her from history.
A structure with triangular sides.
Pyramid
How old was King Tut when he died?
19
One of the world's first alphabets.
Meriotic script
An area of sediment-soil or minerals- deposited at the mouth of a river.
Delta
A body preserved by a special process.
Mummy
True or False: The pyramids the pyramids were once the tallest structures on Earth
True
Why was the discovery of King Tut's grave so important?
It was the first tomb that had not been robbed.
Hard white material made from tusks.
Ivory
Skilled workers who practiced a handicraft.
Artisans
True or False: Egyptian's looked at the pharaoh as a god-king.
True
We have uncovered all of the secrets of the pyramids.
False, we are still learning more and more every day.
The place where King Tut's Tomb was found.
The Valley of the Kings.
Dependence by each country or group on one another.
Interdependence