SECTION 3 VOCAB
Paths followed by traders.
What is trade routes?
What is Papyrus?
Rapids.
What is cataracts?
People from rich and powerful families.
Who are nobles?
Most of Egypt's fertile land is located here.
What is the Nile Delta?
The period of time which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.
What is the New Kingdom?
A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
A period in Egyptian history that lasted for about 500 years, from 2700 to 2200 BC.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Whose tomb was undisturbed by robbers?
Who is King Tutankhamen or King Tut?
A period of order and stability which lasted to about 1750 BC.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
An Egyptian writing system containing 600 symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
The title used by the rulers of Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
Life after death.
What is afterlife?
The Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a ...
What is god?
An Egyptian ruler who worked to increase Egyptian trade.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans.
What is a sphinx?
A triangle shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river.
What is a delta?
People of wealth and power.
What is elite?
What is the most sacred part of an Egyptian temple?
What is the sanctuary?
This ruler fought the Hittites in 1200 BC.
Who is Ramses the Great?
A tall four-sided pillar that is pointed at the top.
What is an obelisk?
An Egyptian pharaoh from 3100 BC who ruled over Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
Application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.
What is engineering?
What did each symbol in the hieroglyphics represent?
What is a sound?