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?
The Egyptian pharaohs ruled with absolute power over these.
the group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid. This groups is also on top of all the social classes
What are the Pharaohs?
a mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is silt?
This is a series of rules from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
a pharaoh who organized a two-year trading expedition to Punt. This pharaoh was also a regent.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This was used to keep track of the wealth of the kingdom.
What is Hieroglyphs?
This group could gain their freedom, inherit land and rise through the social classes.
What are the slaves?
fertile flat land at the mouth of a river that drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
the title used by the rulers of ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
The pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid was pharaoh during this time period.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This is where King Tut was buried and where hundreds of other pharaohs are buried.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are peasants?
Ancient Egyptian astronomers studied the stars to predict this.
What is the flooding of the Nile River?
This is the life after death
What is the Afterlife?
the pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
Toward the end of the Old Kingdom, the government became this.
What are weak and divided?
the group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the nobles and priests?
This allowed Egyptians to farm, trade easily and move goods.
What is the Nile River?
This is someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.
What is a regent?
This eventual pharaoh was too young to rule so he had a regent rule for him.
Who is Thutmose III?
This was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra?
What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, and artisans?
This is the continent that Egypt is on.
What is Africa?
Egyptians used this to make an early form of paper.
What is papyrus?