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Pharaohs
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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

the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

Who are the Pharaohs?

100

the longest river in the world

What is the Nile?

100

the Egyptian method for embalming the dead

What is mummification?

200

pharaoh who changed Egypt's religion; Tut's dad

Who is Akhenaten?

200
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
200

The most common occupation in ancient Egypt

What are farmers?

200

fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water; most fertile part of Egypt

What is a Delta?

200

the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom

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

fertile, black soil brought to Egypt by the flooding of the Nile

What is silt?

400

the person who unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first king of Egypt.

Who is Narmer?

400

considered one of those most powerful Egyptian pharaohs ever; known for building many temples

Who is Ramses II?

400

the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.

What are nobles, scribes, and priests.

400

the sea that borders Egypt to the east

What is the Red Sea?

400

the worship of many gods

What is polytheism?

500
the pharaoh who drove the Hyksos out of the Nile Delta and got the land back for Egypt.
Who is Ahmose?
500
goddess who became so popular she was worshipped outside of Egypt; wife of Osiris

Who is Isis?

500

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

What are merchants and artisans?

500
the place that Egypt conquered twice because of its gold.
What is Nubia?
500

large coffin into which a mummy is placed

What is a sarcophagus?